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  2. Ferrocement - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Concrete ship - Wikipedia

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    The advantage of ferrocement construction is that materials are cheap and readily available, while the disadvantages are that construction labor costs are high, as are operating costs. (Ferrocement ships require thick hulls, which results in either a larger cross-sectional area that hurts hydrodynamics, or leaves less space for cargo.)

  4. Amdavad ni Gufa - Wikipedia

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    The entire design is made up of circles and ellipses. [4] Light arrives though snouts, creating spots of light on the floor which move around as the day progresses, intended to create a mystic atmosphere. [4] [5] [7] [8] Structure:- Ahemdabad Ni Gufa is an underground art gallery in Ahemdabad. It exhibits the work of the famous artist Maqbool ...

  5. Reinforced concrete - Wikipedia

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    A short video of the last beam being placed on a raised road, part of a new road near Cardiff Bay, Wales. A beam bends under bending moment, resulting in a small curvature. At the outer face (tensile face) of the curvature the concrete experiences tensile stress, while at the inner face (compressive face) it experiences compressive stress.

  6. Talk:Ferrocement - Wikipedia

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  7. Ferrocerium - Wikipedia

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    A modern ferrocerium firesteel product is composed of an alloy of rare-earth metals called mischmetal, containing approximately 20.8% iron, 41.8% cerium, about 4.4% each of praseodymium, neodymium, and magnesium, plus 24.2% lanthanum. [5] A variety of other components are added to modify the spark and processing characteristics. [2]

  8. Mark Sargent (flat Earth proponent) - Wikipedia

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    Mark Kendall Sargent (born c. 1969) is an American conspiracy theorist, who is one of the leading proponents of, and recruiters for, the discredited flat Earth conspiracy theory in the United States. According to critics, his YouTube videos have greatly accelerated the popularization of modern flat Earth belief, one without scientific merit.

  9. Faux bois - Wikipedia

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    Dionicio's great-nephew Carlos Cortes is one of the handful of artists still creating faux bois today. Adrian Janes of Janes, Beebe & Company produced some of the earliest mass-produced cast iron benches and chairs using the faux bois style, an example of which is held by the Smithsonian Institution as inventory no. 1980.006 .