Metro Phoenix is hotter and staying hot longer than before because of this phenomena. Here's everything to know about the ...

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the annual mean air temperature of a city with 1 million or more ...

A recent article published in Ain Shams Engineering Journal assessed the mechanical properties of sustainable sand concrete mixes comprising 100% natural crushed sand (DM1), 100% recycled crushed ...

Extremely high temperatures will cause problems of their own by prompting concrete to set too quickly. If it flash-sets, you’ll lose the mix as you’re placing and end up with cold joints ...

Rather, Roman concrete was probably made by mixing the quicklime directly with the pozzolana and water at extremely high temperatures, by itself or in addition to slaked lime, a process the team ...

Ancient Roman concrete could self-heal thanks to “hot mixing” with quicklime Mysterious lime clasts, dismissed as defects, turn out to serve a useful purpose.

At the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Miramar, CA, several concrete forming and finishing challenges were part of the Design/Build MV-22 (Osprey) taxiway expansion, parking apron additions and ...

Additional analysis of the concrete showed that the lime clasts formed at extreme temperatures expected from the use of quicklime, and “hot mixing” was key to the concrete’s durable nature.