Procedure for mixing concrete 1. Weigh out the designed proportions for a 1.6 cubic foot batch of concrete. a. Divide the water into two buckets‚ one with about 3/4 of the water. If using air entraining‚ put the air entraining agent in the 3/4 water bucket. 2. Put about half the coarse aggregate‚ half the fine aggregate and the 3/4 bucket of water with air entraining in the mixer. 3. Start the mixer and mix until the aggregate is thoroughly wet 4. Carefully add all the cement with the mixer
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a lot of concrete and descriptive language in his work. Langston Hughes’s essay “Salvation” uses detailed descriptions to impact the reader. Description is “a sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species” (“description”). Authors use concrete language to influence readers. Concrete language is “based off the five senses which are hearing taste‚ sight‚ touch‚ and smell” (“Concrete”). Hughes
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Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man: The Concrete Mixer Imperialism Ray Bradbury’s “The Concrete Mixer‚” tells the story of a Martian named Ettil‚ who refuses to invade Earth on the theory that the people of Earth have greater morale than the people of Mars. Ettil had feared that his people were doomed to the same fate as the people in his books: whom at the end of every story were conquered by Earth. When the Martians’ arrive to Earth nothing is as any of them thought it would be. They had been
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7166M01.qxd_lb 6/3/09 09:38 AM Page 1 1 BASIC CONCEPTS 1.1 INTRODUCTION Concrete is strong in compression‚ but weak in tension: its tensile strength varies from 8 to 14 percent of its compressive strength. Due to such a low tensile capacity‚ flexural cracks develop at early stages of loading. In order to reduce or prevent such cracks from developing‚ a concentric or eccentric force is imposed in the longitudinal direction of the structural element. This force prevents the cracks
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RMC or Ready mixed concrete or concrete is manufactured at a batching plant or factory. The mixed concrete is made to a set recipe‚ and then delivered to the desired workplace/worksite by the help of transit mixers. This results in ready mixed concretes which have a precise mixture‚ and this helps achieve specialty concretes to be developed and used on the construction sites. HZS150 Batching Plant Today‚ RMC plants are playing a very important role in building road and civil structures. These RMC
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past on these test is in th e following two points: 1. Difficulties in molding (Getting good specimens). 2. Large variability of test results. It is important that the resul tant mixture (Cement + sand + water) has the same properties as concrete. So the standard sand was chosen and the following properties were determined to it: 1. Consist of pure siliceous material. 2. The particles are nearly spherical shaped. 3. The size of its particles is smaller than 0.85mm (Pass through 15
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Literary Essay The song “Concrete Angel” is written by Stephanie Kay Bentley and Rob Crosby. The song was sung by Martina McBride and published in 2002. This song is about a young girl in a world of abuse and handles getting past it every day. The little girl is described as from a place of depression‚ violence‚ and loneliness. The lyrics and their positioning‚ along with the many metaphors‚ similes and repetitions used‚ explain the deeper meaning of this song “Concrete angel”. In the first section
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SAMPSON PRODUCTS Sampson Products Corporation was a major manufacturer of electrical equipment used extensively by consumer goods manufacturers. The company sold most of its products to manufacturers of refrigerators‚ automatic washers‚ and electric stoves to be installed as original equipment that usually retained the Sampson brand name. In addition to the original equipment market‚ Sampson had obtained a significant portion of the replacement market for the products it manufactured. Sales of Sampson
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The strategy of international business The Avon Products Case Avon Products‚ Inc. is an international manufacturer and distribution of beauty‚ household‚ and personal care company that sells products through representatives in over 140 countries across the world. As Andrea Jung became CEO of the group in 1999‚ profits has grown constantly at a 10% rate until 2005. Subsequently‚ some weaknesses in the business strategy emerged as the company started losing profits‚ in particular those coming from
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