Concrete Creep Slowed: Work Paves Way For Lightweight, Vastly More Durable Infrastructure
Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 14:35
in Physics & Chemistry
Civil engineers have for the first time identified what causes the most frequently used building material on earth -- concrete -- to gradually deform, decreasing its durability and shortening the lifespan of infrastructures such as bridges and nuclear waste containment vessels.