Bidding and Contract Award
Competitive bidding is one method of determining the least cost for performing work defined by the construction documents. The bid […]
Bituminous Pavements
Asphalts for pavement (ASTM D946) contain petroleum asphalt cement, derived by the distillation of asphaltic petroleum. Various grades are designated as
Bearing-Type Bolted Connections
When some slip, although very small, may occur between connected parts, the fasteners are assumed to function in shear. The
Bearing Walls
Reinforced concrete bearing walls may be designed as eccentrically loaded columns or by an empirical method given in the ACI 318
Biaxial Bending of Columns
If column loads cause bending simultaneously about both principal axes of a column cross-section, as for most corner columns, a biaxial
Bearing Stresses
These may occur in a wood structural member parallel to the grain (end bearing), perpendicular to the grain, or at
Bertta Apparatus
The Bertta apparatus (Leivo 1990; Ferraris 1999) is a coaxial cylinders rheometer that measures the fundamental rheological parameters of concrete
BIA
Brick Industry Association (BIA): This marketing, distributing, and technical support organization is composed of clay brick and tile producers and
Behavior and Design of Anchor Bolts Loaded in Tension
Anchor bolts loaded in tension can fail by breakout of a roughly conical body of masonry, or by yield and
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