SESSION 3, REPORT OF THE FIP COMMISSION ON LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE STRUCTURES

THE REPORT DESCRIBES RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF HIGH-QUALITY LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, WEST GERMANY, BELGIUM, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA. DUTCH AND BELGIAN EXPERIENCE WITH EXTERNAL PRESTRESSED LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE ROAD SLABS IS DISCUSSED, FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN THE USSR WITH COMPOSITE PRECAST SLABS CONSISTING OF A PRESTRESSED CONCRETE TENSION ZONE AND A REINFORCED AERATED-CONCRETE COMPRESSION ZONE. THE NEW CEB/FIP RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED AND A GENERAL PROGRAM FOR FUTURE ACTIVITIES IS OUTLINED. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Cement and Concrete Association

  52 Grosvenor Gardens
  London SW1W 0AQ,   England 
• Authors:
  • SHORT, A
• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 97-109
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Cement & Concrete Assoc Cong Proc /UK/
  • Publisher: Cement and Concrete Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Composite structures; Compression; Lightweight aggregates; Precast concrete; Prestressed concrete; Reinforced concrete; Slabs; Tension
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00214389
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1973 12:00AM