Oct 26, 2003 16:46
20 yrs ago
Russian term
concrete shrinkage or contraction?
Russian to English
Tech/Engineering
construction technology
Is there any difference or are these terms interchangable?
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| 4 +2 | усадка |
Marina Aleyeva
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| 4 +1 | concrete shrinkage |
GaryG
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Marina Aleyeva
Israel
Israel
Native in Russian
Israel
Medicine & Clinical Studies - MSc, MA
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, Russian to English, and 3 more.
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усадка
Вроде одно и то же
Concrete & Paving Glossary > C. Concrete and paving glossary - C. ... Concrete contraction. The shrinkage of concrete that occurs as it cures and dries. ...
deeconcrete.com/concreteglossaryc.html
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Note added at 20 mins (2003-10-26 17:06:51 GMT)
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SHRINKAGE-Concrete contraction due to curing and excess water in mix. SLUMP ...
www.tpub.com/builder2n3/124.
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Note added at 26 mins (2003-10-26 17:12:56 GMT)
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just noticed this was posted as a russian to english question.
anyway, I think they are interchangeable
Concrete & Paving Glossary > C. Concrete and paving glossary - C. ... Concrete contraction. The shrinkage of concrete that occurs as it cures and dries. ...
deeconcrete.com/concreteglossaryc.html
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Note added at 20 mins (2003-10-26 17:06:51 GMT)
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SHRINKAGE-Concrete contraction due to curing and excess water in mix. SLUMP ...
www.tpub.com/builder2n3/124.
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Note added at 26 mins (2003-10-26 17:12:56 GMT)
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just noticed this was posted as a russian to english question.
anyway, I think they are interchangeable
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concrete shrinkage
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Jack slep
: During setting, concretecan shrink as much as 1% (initial shrinkage), but its subsequent hardening shrinkage is less. The hight the W/C ratio, the higher the shrinkage.
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