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Plain Concrete for Farm Use - T. A. H. Miller
T. A. H. Miller
Plain Concrete for Farm Use
Published by Good Press, 2022
goodpress@okpublishing.info
EAN 4057664588999
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.
MATERIALS.
CEMENT.
STORING.
FINE AGGREGATE (SAND) .
COARSE AGGREGATE (STONE, GRAVEL, ETC.) .
GRAVEL.
BROKEN STONE.
BANK-RUN GRAVEL.
SUBSTITUTES FOR GRAVEL OR STONE.
CINDERS.
LAVA ROCK.
WATER.
PROPORTIONING THE MATERIALS.
ARBITRARY MIXTURES.
QUANTITIES OF MATERIALS REQUIRED.
CONSISTENCY.
ESTIMATING.
ESTIMATING CONCRETE.
FORMS.
WOOD FORMS.
METAL FORMS.
REMOVAL OF FORMS.
BUILDING AND SETTING FORMS.
MIXING.
PREPARATION OF PLANT.
NUMBER OF MEN.
MACHINE MIXING.
HAND MIXING.
DIRECTIONS FOR HAND MIXING.
PLACING.
PLACING CONCRETE.
PLACING UNDER WATER.
CARE OF CONCRETE.
PROTECTION FROM FREEZING WEATHER.
CONCRETING IN FREEZING WEATHER.
THE USE OF SALT.
THE USE OF HEAT.
HEATING MATERIALS.
CONTRACTION AND EXPANSION JOINTS.
LINTELS.
SURFACE FINISH.
CONCRETE EXPOSED TO FIRE.
WATER-TIGHT CONCRETE.
ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
INTRODUCTION.
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PORTLAND CEMENT concrete is the mass formed by mixing Portland cement, sand, gravel (or particles of other suitable materials), and water.
The quality of concrete may be made to conform to certain requirements which vary with the purpose of the structure in which the material is to be used; economy, strength, water-tightness, fire resistance, or resistance to wear and shock may be the chief requisite. The character of the constituent materials, the proportions in which they are used, the consistency, the method of mixing, and the placing and curing of the concrete are important factors in securing the desired qualities of the finished product.
Total failure or a product which does not give the service expected is often the result of the nonobservance of practices recognized as necessary in the preparation and use of concrete. This bulletin is intended to assist the inexperienced in making and using concrete suitable for general farm construction and is confined to a discussion of the rudiments of plain (not reinforced) concrete work.
MATERIALS.
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CEMENT.
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Portland cement is used because it is the only kind adapted to general construction. Other cements are manufactured but they possess individual characteristics that restrict their use. The word Portland is not a trade name, but signifies the kind and distinguishes it from the slag, natural, and other cements.
A number of brands of Portland cement are manufactured, most of which are made to meet the requirements of a fixed standard adopted by the United States Government and the American Society for Testing Materials. Cement always should be tested for use in important work, but this is impractical for the user of small amounts and it is generally safe practice to omit the test if a reliable brand of Portland cement of American manufacture is selected, especially if the dealer's or manufacturer's guaranty that it meets the standard is secured.
The following simple test for soundness is easily made and is on the side of caution. Make a ball, about 1¹/2 inches in