As the demand for more sustainable construction grows and raw material shortages like steel continue to be a challenge, fiber-reinforced concrete has become an increasingly popular choice for flatwork ...

Concrete is an integral part of any construction project, whether you are building roads, a a ground floor in your private home, or a power plant. This is because concrete is very durable, but it can ...

__ 1867: __F. Joseph Monier patents a new construction material: reinforced concrete. It combines the compressive strength of ordinary concrete with the tensile strength of iron. The ancient Egyptians ...

Concrete is an attractive building material because of its relatively low cost, environmental stability, and high compressive strength. Due to its inherent low tensile strength, however, concrete ...

Early experiments with graphene predicted that it could increase the strength of concrete by up to 40%. 3D concrete printing definitely makes the list of developing technologies that are changing the ...

Hybrid fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) and steel reinforced concrete (hybrid FRP-steel RC) beams have gained recognition for their exceptional flexural performance, surpassing that of beams reinforced ...

This study examines the usage of waste glass aggregate (WGA) for the consumption of sustainable reinforced concrete regarding the replacement of fine aggregate (FA) and coarse aggregate (CA). For this ...

A cross-sectio of hollow rebar. Drexel University researchers have developed a new approach to reinforce concrete that takes inspiration from nature, specifically the hollow structures found in plant ...