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Ferrocement or ferro-cement [1] is a system of construction using reinforced mortar [2] or plaster (lime or cement, sand, and water) applied over an "armature" of metal mesh, woven, expanded metal, or metal-fibers, and closely spaced thin steel rods such as rebar. The metal commonly used is iron or some type of steel, and the mesh is made with ...
Between 1908 and 1914, larger ferrocement barges began to be made in Germany, United Kingdom, [6] the Netherlands, Norway and United States. [7] The remains of a British ship of this type, the auxiliary coaster Violette (built 1919), can be seen at Hoo , Kent , England.
He continued to find new uses for the material, and obtained more patents — iron-reinforced concrete pipes and basins (1868); iron-reinforced concrete panels for building façades (1869); bridges made of iron-reinforced concrete (1873); reinforced concrete beams (1878).
Ferrocement faux bois uses a combination of concrete, mortar and grout applied to a steel frame or armature to sculpt lifelike representations of wooden objects. Final sculpting can be done while the mixture is wet, in a putty state, or slightly stiff.
One of the first skyscrapers made with reinforced concrete was the 16-story Ingalls Building in Cincinnati, constructed in 1904. [8] The first reinforced concrete building in Southern California was the Laughlin Annex in downtown Los Angeles, constructed in 1905.
GRP and ferrocement hulls are classic composite hulls, the term "composite" applies also to plastics reinforced with fibers other than glass. When a hull is being created in a female mould, the composite materials are applied to the mould in the form of a thermosetting plastic (usually epoxy , polyester, or vinylester) and some kind of fiber ...
An external view of the main entrance to the Binishell complex of the Killarney Heights Public School. The Binishell at the Monash University Gippsland Campus.. Binishells are reinforced concrete thin-shell structures that are lifted and shaped by air pressure.
Spark trails from a cigarette lighter. Ferrocerium (also known in Europe as Auermetall) is a synthetic pyrophoric alloy of mischmetal (cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, other trace lanthanides and some iron – about 95% lanthanides and 5% iron) hardened by blending in oxides of iron and/or magnesium.