Self-Compacting Concrete Originally developed in Japan, SCC technology was made possible by the much earlier development of Superplasticisers for concrete. To compare the performance of SCC with Fly Ash 20%, Silica Fume 10%, Rice Husk Ash (5%, 10%, and 15%) as a partial replacement of cement, due to the high increase in construction which has brought a heavy demand for ingredients of concrete s...

Testing concurrent programs that accept data inputs is notoriously hard because, besides the large number of possible data inputs, nondeterminism results in an exponentially large number of interleavings of concurrent events. We propose a novel testing algorithm for concurrent programs in which our goal is not only to execute all reachable statements of a program, but to detect all possible dat...

Testing concurrent programs that accept data inputs is notoriously hard because, besides the large number of possible data inputs, nondeterminism results in an exponentially large number of interleavings of concurrent events. We propose a novel testing algorithm for concurrent programs in which our goal is not only to execute all reachable statements of a program, but to detect all possible dat...

Our project seeks to greatly reduce the energy required for concrete production by using mostly recycled concrete. The use of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) is not a new phenomenon, but has not been studied in the context of low-cost disaster reconstruction efforts, which was our focus—specifically, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. In our experiments, we sought to replicate the variability in c...

The concrete community in the United States has reached the point where it needs a standard test for measuring the fracture toughness of concrete. A concrete standard might be obtainable by adapting existing standards for cemented carbides and rock. These standards use the short rod specimen geometry and two associated test methods. The combination of specimen geometry and test methods may have...

The Break-Off method is the most recent development in in-place concrete strength testing. In this method, the force required to break-off an in-place concrete cylinder 2.17 in. (55 mm) in diameter and 2-2/4 in. (70 mm) long, is related to the compressive strength of the concrete from a predetermined calibration curve developed for this concrete mix. The reliability of the BreakOff method to te...

The paper aims to extract the dynamic properties of existing structures without utilizing the analytical models. The ambient vibration testing could be used on any type of frame such as concrete, steel and masonry to investigate the structural vulnerability. The method could be the first stage and necessarily for the retrofit process. To achieve this aim, the ambient vibration testing can...