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Abstract: The Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (FRC) is a composite material made of basic concrete in which a homogeneously distributed fibre reinforcement is incorporated and homogeneously distributed. Fibre’s addition in concrete controls plastic and hydraulic shrinkage cracking, considerably improves the concrete post-cracking behaviour. Steel fibres have been used in precast segment tunnel linings (which...
Abstract: High Speed Two is a new high-speed railway linking up London, the Midlands and the North, serving eight of Britain’s 10 largest cities. In the Phase One, the high-speed trains will travel between London and Birmingham on 134 miles of dedicated track, Phase 2a will run from the West Midlands to Crewe and Phase 2b route forms a Y shape, split into an eastern and a western leg. The first phase of...
Abstract: The Thames Tideway Scheme is designed to prevent the discharge of untreated storm water and sewerage overflows into the River Thames. This stored effluent will then travel by gravity to the Beckton Sewage Treatment works where it will be pumped back to the surface and treated in the normal manner. Starting in 2016, with an overall length of 25 km, 7.20 m Internal Diameter is due for completion...