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Question: Epoxy-coated reinforcement and cover depth against ground

Question: Epoxy-coated reinforcement

Question: Placement of welded wire reinforcement (WWR) in a slab-on-ground

Question: The importance of reinforcement in concrete

Question: Does incorporating fiber as an alternative to traditional reinforcement enhance the environmenta...

Question: How should the concrete be consolidated to obtain a complete filling of the forms and around the...

Question: Shear reinforcement for beam-column connections

Question: Shear Design Provisions in ACI 318-19

Question: What is minimum reinforcement for crack-width control and how is design accomplished using fiber?

Question: Standard on detailing of concrete reinforcement

Question: What are the primary benefits of using fiber-reinforced concrete compared to traditionally reinf...

Question: What is reinforced concrete?

Question: The importance of concrete cover

Question: What are shrinkage-compensating expansive cement and concrete?

Question: What nominal maximum sizes of aggregate are recommended?

Question: Reinforcement termination in wastewater concrete containment

Question: Minimum concrete cover for balconies with PT cables

Question: Why are fibers used in concrete?

Question: Reinforced concrete vs. prestressed concrete

Question: Consolidation of concrete—required or not?

Question: Difference between a contraction joint, isolation joint, expansion joint, construction joint, an...

Question: Acceptable concrete cracking

Question: What is an admixture?

Question: Why is the workability of concrete important?

Question: How is workability measured and specified?

Question: How do the requirements of placing affect the selection of proportions of aggregates and cementi...

Question: Why is consolidation needed?

Question: How is concrete consolidated?

Question: Do we always need to repair cracked concrete?

Question: Increasing the load capacity of a slab-on-ground using an overlay

Question: Embedded metals other than reinforcing steel

Question: Why use fiber-reinforced concrete?

Question: How do fibers work?

Question: Where is fiber-reinforced concrete mostly used in practice?

Question: Are all fibers used in concrete the same?

Question: What is the difference between synthetic microfibers and macrofibers?