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What does HSC stand for?

High-Strength Concrete


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Byline: Dubai iCrete, a premier concrete technology company, has recently introduced customised and patented high-strength concrete mixes designed for use by providers of precast and pre-stressed concrete.
The ERC prepared in this study corresponded to high-strength concrete compared with the conventional cement concrete.
This conservative upper limit was chosen because of the brittle nature of the failure of plain high-strength concrete (HSC) in compression and because there was limited experimental data available on HSC members subjected to reversed cyclic loading.
High-strength concrete makes up the tower's super-structure, which is supported by large reinforced concrete mats and piles.
Using an on-site kiln, the mined kaolin will be processed into metakaolin, an additive used by the concrete industry to produce high-strength concrete.
According to NIST researchers, steel loses its strength and structural integrity quicker than high-strength concrete.
The $10 million project, expected to be completed in late 2006, involves replacing deteriorated concrete pavement slabs with high-strength concrete, placing concrete overlay on various on-and off-ramps, sealing cracks, grinding the pavement and restriping.
The roof and walls are manufactured from high-strength concrete to meet all local building codes and ADA, and stand up to the rigors of Mother Nature and vandalism.

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