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      <title>PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS WITH PLASTIC OVERLAYS IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION /IN GERMAN/</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DURING PARALLEL TESTING OF NEW TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL, VESTOPAL MORTAR BEHAVED PARTICULARLY WELL. APPROXIMATELY 15% WEIGHT OF VESTOPAL TYPE A OR LT WITH LOW PROPORTIONS OF HARDENER AND ACCELERATOR IS ADDED AS A BINDER TO THE GRADED AGGREGATE WHICH CONSISTS OF NATURAL SAND AND/OR CRUSHED STONE SAND (UP TO 3MM KG). MORTAR PRISMS ATTAINED 216 KP/CM SQUARED TENSILE STRENGTH, 805 KP/CM SQUARED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND UP TO 35 KP/CM SQUARED SHEARING STRENGTH AFTER 7 DAYS; SIMILARLY OUTSTANDING WAS ITS RESISTANCE TO ABRASION, FROST AND THAWING SALTS. ALL TYPES OF DAMAGE TO CONCRETE ROADS CAN THUS BE SATISFACTORILY AND PERMANENTLY REPAIRED; THE ADDITIONAL USE OF GLASS FIBER HAS ALSO PROVED USEFUL. /FG/RRL/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 1970 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>METHODS OF DETERMINING ORGANIC SUBSTANCES IN SOILS /IN CZECH/</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC MATERIALS ON THE GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF SOILS AND THE DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS IN SOILS OF VARYING MINERAL COMPOSITION BY CALCINATION OR CHEMICAL OXIDATION ARE DISCUSSED. OXIDATION WITH POTASSIUM DICHROMATE PROVED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL METHOS. /FG/RRL/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 1970 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RELATION BETWEEN THE STRENGTH AND THE ELASTICITY MODULUS OF CONCRETE /CZECH/</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INVESTIGATIONS CARRIED OUT USING ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT (RECO, FIRM WOLFGANG RENSCH, DDR; TRANSMITTING FREQUENCY 43 HERTZ) ON CONCRETE TEST CUBES VARYING IN COMPOSITION AND STRENGTH SHOWED THAT THERE IS A DIRECT RELATION BETWEEN CONCRETE STRENGTH AND ELASTICITY MODULUS. FROM THE FACT THAT THE ULTRASONIC CONDUCTIVITY OF THE CONCRETE BLOCK IS THE PRODUCT OF THE AMOUNT AND CONDUCTIVITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS (WHILE ITS STRENGTH DEPENDS ON THAT OF THE CEMENT) FOR WHICH REASON ULTRASONIC STRENGTH TESTS ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS - THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE CAN BE DERIVED (BY MEANS OF A DIMENSION "K") = HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE WITH A RELATIVELY SMALL MAXIMUM GRAIN SIZE, I.E. A HIGH-GRADE CEMENT-WATER MIXTURE IS SUITABLE FOR CONCRETE ROADS; FOR TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION HIGH-STRENGTH PURE CEMENT OR FINE-GRAINED CONCRETE IS CORRECT, AND A HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE WITH A LOW WATER-CEMENT FACTOR AND A STIFF CONSISTENCY IS RIGHT FOR PRESTRESSED CONCRETE. CONCRETE FOR RADIATION PROTECTIVE SCREENS SHOULD CONSIST OF HEAVY AGGREGATE AND DENSE CEMENT. /FG/RRL/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 1970 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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