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Title: What is the importance of a construction and engineering laboratory to society?
Author for citation: Shawn E. Douglas
License for content: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Publication date: November 2023
Construction and geotechnical testing
From construction materials such as concrete and asphalt to construction site substrates like clay and rock, the proper quality and characterization of construction and engineering materials is critical to a construction project's long-term success. The importance of perfecting and using quality construction materials dates back millennia, for example to the Romans and their refinement of concrete recipes and production using pozzolanic and quicklime materials.[1] Even today, we learn that sands such as desert sand are inadequate for direct use in modern concrete due to their negative contribution to compressive strength of the concrete.[2]
A sub-branch of materials testing is geotechnical testing (or geotechnical investigation).
Why is laboratory testing of construction and earth materials important?
Conclusion
References
- ↑ Chandler, D.L. (6 January 2023). "Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ↑ Akhtar, Mohammad Nadeem; Jameel, Mohammed; Ibrahim, Zainah; Muhamad Bunnori, N.; Bani-Hani, Khaldoon A. (1 June 2023). "Development of sustainable modified sand concrete: An experimental study" (in en). Ain Shams Engineering Journal: 102331. doi:10.1016/j.asej.2023.102331. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2090447923002204.
