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  • Reinforced Cement Concrete

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    The cement concrete provided with steel reinforcement for taking on tension, bending, torsion, fatigue, etc., is referred to as Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC). The steel used in RCC works are: mild steel bars, medium tensile steel bars, hot-rolled deformed bars, cold twisted bars, hard-drawn steel wire fabric or rolled steel. It is used in various…

  • Plain Cement Concrete

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    It is the simplest form of concrete made with cement, sand, pebbles or crushed rock and water. It is used for a variety of works where the structural members are subjected to compression. Simple foundations to mighty dams may be constructed with plain cement concrete.

  • TYPES OF CEMENT CONCRETE AND USES

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    Different types of cement concrete are discussed along with their uses.

  • PROPERTIES OF CEMENT CONCRETE

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    The properties of cement concrete are as follows:

  • INTRODUCTION

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    Concrete can be easily prepared by mixing binding material (lime or cement), fine aggregate (sand) and coarse aggregate (crushed stone or brick) and water in the required proportion. The fine aggregates fill the voids of coarse aggregate, and voids of fine aggregate are filled with lime/cement and also the lime/cement reacts with water and binds…