In a world where concrete is as ubiquitous as air, its environmental toll is impossible to ignore. The production of cement, ...

Abstract: The steel industry, characterized by complex and costly production ... specifically for predicting temperatures in slab reheating furnaces. Recurrent Artificial Neural Networks (RNNs) have ...

As the demand for more sustainable construction grows and raw material shortages like steel continue to be a challenge, fiber-reinforced concrete has ... up through the slab than flexible fibers.

Many farmers do their own concrete work. Here are tips from pros to improve the quality of the finished slab: Fiber-strand reinforcing, which means fiberglass or other fibers are mixed with the ...

Glen Davis, manager of American Concrete in Carroll, Iowa, says a farmer’s strategy of using old livestock fence panels, steel posts ... of the finished slab. Any reinforcing that ends up ...

Most slabs-on-ground ... crack width control. Steel reinforcing bars and welded wire reinforcement will not prevent cracking. Reinforcement is basically dormant until the concrete cracks.