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History of use of Stone

The traditional building materials for bridges are stones, timber and steel, and more recently reinforced and pre-stressed concrete. For special elements aluminum and its alloys and some types of plastics are used. These materials have different qualities of strength, workability, durability and resistance against corrosion. They differ also in their structure, texture and color or in the possibilities of surface tre ng texture... read more [Read More]

The art of building a structure in stone with any suitable masonry is called stone masonry. Stone masonry may be broadly classified into the following two types:

Geologically the stones can be classified as follows:

The traditional building materials for bridges are stones, timber and steel, and more recently reinforced and pre-stressed concrete. For special elements aluminum and its alloys and some types of plastics are used. These materials have different qualities of strength, workability, durability and resistance against corrosion. They differ also in their structure, texture and color or in the possibilities of s iffering texture... read more [Read More]
In concrete a substance other than active and inert matter, added in small amounts to the mix to alter its natural properties to required properties... read more [Read More]
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