Abstract: Delamination of walls, where the outer concrete sloughs off, can occur in concrete post‐tensioned silos whose tendons are embedded in the silo wall rather than being placed around the outside of the curved wall. One potential ...

Abstract: Sheathing materials such as plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), drywall, and fiberboard are commonly attached to one or both sides of load-bearing stud walls in residential and commercial construction. There is no consensus ...

Abstract: The variation in cement type affects the performance of concrete in terms of durability and strength. Concretes made with different cement types are known to behave differently under similar conditions such as environmental ...

Abstract: This paper presents a continuation of the findings of a long-time study of the performance of cements varying in their chemical and physical characteristics. Most of the cements were provided by the Portland Cement ...