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  2. Pier (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    A concrete girder bridge pier during construction prior to installation of the bridge deck and parapets, consisting of multiple angled pylons for support (bottom), a horizontal concrete cap (center), and girders (top) with temporary wood bracing A quadruple compound pier supporting the fly-over at the traffic junction 24 Oktoberplein (Utrecht ...

  3. Pier (bridge structure) - Wikipedia

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    In practice, to overcome the decrease in workability of the concrete due to low E/C ratios, superplasticizers are used to deflocculate the fines (cement, mineral additions, ultra-fines). [9] [10] [11] The composition of the HPC80 concrete used for the Elorn Bridge was as follows: [12] Saint-Vigor CPA HP PM cement: 150 kg/m3; Saint-Renan 0/4 ...

  4. Zarya (ISS module) - Wikipedia

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    'Sunrise' [c]), also known as the Functional Cargo Block (Russian: Функционально-грузовой блок), is the inaugural component of the International Space Station (ISS). Launched on 20 November 1998 atop a Proton-K rocket, the module would serve as the ISS's primary source of power, propulsion, and guidance during its early ...

  5. Caisson (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Schematic cross section of a pressurized caisson. In geotechnical engineering, a caisson (/ ˈ k eɪ s ən,-s ɒ n /; borrowed from French caisson 'box', from Italian cassone 'large box', an augmentative of cassa) is a watertight retaining structure [1] used, for example, to work on the foundations of a bridge pier, for the construction of a concrete dam, [2] or for the repair of ships.

  6. Compound pier - Wikipedia

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    Example of a compound pier in the maha mandapa of the Vitthala Temple in Hampi, south India.. Compound pier or cluster pier is the architectural term given to a clustered column or pier which consists of a centre mass or newel, to which engaged or semi-detached shafts have been attached, in order to perform (or to suggest the performance of) certain definite structural objects, such as to ...

  7. Block-setting crane - Wikipedia

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    Building Roker Pier, Sunderland, 1895 [1] A block-setting crane is a form of crane. They were used for installing the large stone blocks used to build breakwaters, moles and stone piers. The mid-Victorian age was a time of great expansion in industry and shipping. Better protected harbours were needed, with man-made breakwaters extending beyond ...

  8. US-built pier will be put back in Gaza for several days to ...

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    The pier built by the U.S. military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled Wednesday to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently, several U.S ...

  9. United States Coast Guard Yard - Wikipedia

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    With the onset of World War II, the depot underwent extensive expansion. Improvements included a 3000-ton floating drydock, two shipways and a 320' x 60' concrete pier with tower crane. The depot, now comparable in size and functions to a medium-size navy shipyard, was officially designated the U.S. Coast Guard Yard.