Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Foamed Concrete: Application and specification
The Concrete Society has produced a new guide on foamed concrete, its range of applications and a specification (The Concrete Society, 2008), which this paper aims to summarise. Although foamed concrete was used some 2000 years ago it wasn't until recently that modern foamed concrete began to be developed. In 1987 a full scale trial on the use of foamed concrete for trench reinstatement was conducted in the UK, which led to a further increase in use in this country. Foamed concrete has the following properties: it is lightweight, free flowing and easy to level, it does not require compaction, has good thermal insulation and frost resistance properties, and it is easy to pump, both vertically and horizontally. Its uses include: Trench Reinstatement, Blinding, Filling (basements, pipes, tunnels, subways, mine workings), Building use (under floors and roofing), Soil stabilisation, Reductions in lateral loading, Sports fields and athletics tracks and Sandwich fill for precast units. As well as the composition and production methods, this paper covers some of the practicalities and properties of the material.
Foamed Concrete: Application and specification
The Concrete Society has produced a new guide on foamed concrete, its range of applications and a specification (The Concrete Society, 2008), which this paper aims to summarise. Although foamed concrete was used some 2000 years ago it wasn't until recently that modern foamed concrete began to be developed. In 1987 a full scale trial on the use of foamed concrete for trench reinstatement was conducted in the UK, which led to a further increase in use in this country. Foamed concrete has the following properties: it is lightweight, free flowing and easy to level, it does not require compaction, has good thermal insulation and frost resistance properties, and it is easy to pump, both vertically and horizontally. Its uses include: Trench Reinstatement, Blinding, Filling (basements, pipes, tunnels, subways, mine workings), Building use (under floors and roofing), Soil stabilisation, Reductions in lateral loading, Sports fields and athletics tracks and Sandwich fill for precast units. As well as the composition and production methods, this paper covers some of the practicalities and properties of the material.
Foamed Concrete: Application and specification
Schaumbeton: Anwendung und Spezifikation
Barnes, R.A. (Autor:in)
2009
7 Seiten, 1 Bild, 15 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Foamed Concrete: Application and specification
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 2009