Concrete
material · 1824 · Industrial Revolution
Artificial stone made of cement, sand and gravel.
Principles and materials it uses
- Portland cement — is made of. Cement.
- Formwork — uses. Poured into formwork.
Where it is used
- Reinforced concrete — is material for. Concrete.
- Concrete mixer — is used in. It mixes concrete.
- Foundation — is material for. Concrete.
- Breakwater — is material for. Concrete blocks.
- Silo — is material for. Later — concrete.
- Hydroelectric power station — is material for. The dam and powerhouse are concrete.
- Pumped-storage station — is material for. The reservoirs and dam are concrete.
- Airport — is material for. The runways are concrete.
- Tuned mass damper — is material for. Or concrete.
- Panama Canal — is material for. The locks are concrete.
- Sewage treatment plant — is material for. The tanks are concrete.
- Planetarium — is material for. Zeiss’s first dome was thin concrete.
- Motorway — is material for. The roadway is concrete.
- Concrete pump — is used in. It pumps concrete.
- Interchange — is material for. The flyovers are concrete.
- Nuclear power plant — is material for. The containment is concrete.
- Cable-stayed bridge — is material for. The pylons are concrete.
- Launch complex — is material for. The launch table is concrete.
- Tidal power station — is material for. The dam is concrete.
- Maglev — is material for. The guideway is concrete.
- Data centre — is material for. The building is concrete.
- Sleeper — is material for. Today sleepers are more often concrete than wood.
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Roman concrete — evolved from. A revival of Roman technology.