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  2. Sandbag - Wikipedia

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    Bulk bags, also known as big bags, are much larger than traditional sandbags. Moving a bag of this size typically requires a forklift truck. Bulk bags are usually made of woven or non-woven geotextiles. Large bags of sand are often used in flood control and making temporary patches to water barriers.

  3. Earthbag construction - Wikipedia

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    Bags on the course above are offset by 200 mm (8 in)—half of the 450 mm (18 in) wall width—similar to running bond in masonry. Bags can either be pre-filled with material and hoisted up, or bags or tubes are filled in place. The weight of the earthen fill locks the bag in place on the barbed wire below.

  4. External render - Wikipedia

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    The wet paste is than levelled off. Application of render using a machine is usually a much faster operation than by hand, meaning that larger areas can be rendered during a working day. The application of render has to be completed in the correct weather conditions. If the temperature is too low, moisture can be trapped within the render.

  5. Unified Soil Classification System - Wikipedia

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    sand ≥ 50% of coarse fraction passes No.4 (4.75 mm) sieve clean sand SW well-graded sand, fine to coarse sand SP poorly graded sand sand with >12% fines SM silty sand SC clayey sand Fine grained soils 50% or more passing the No.200 (0.075 mm) sieve silt and clay liquid limit < 50 inorganic: ML silt CL lean clay organic: OL organic silt ...

  6. Bag (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary has a definition of "bag" as "A measure of quantity for produce, varying according to the nature of the commodity" and has quotations illustrating its use for hops in 1679, almonds in 1728 (where it is defined by weight as "about 3 Hundred Weight" i.e. 336 pounds (152 kg) in Imperial units) and potatoes in 1845 ...

  7. Grain size - Wikipedia

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    Grain size (or particle size) is the diameter of individual grains of sediment, or the lithified particles in clastic rocks. The term may also be applied to other granular materials . This is different from the crystallite size, which refers to the size of a single crystal inside a particle or grain.

  8. Cement render - Wikipedia

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    Cement render or cement plaster is the application of a mortar mix of sand and cement, (optionally lime) and water to brick, concrete, stone, or mud brick. It is often textured, colored, or painted after application. It is generally used on exterior walls but can be used to feature an interior wall. [1]

  9. Angle of repose - Wikipedia

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    Angle of repose of a heap of sand Sandpile from the Matemateca collection. The angle of repose, or critical angle of repose, [1] of a granular material is the steepest angle of descent or dip relative to the horizontal plane on which the material can be piled without slumping.