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CHARACTERISTICS OF STRUCTURAL CONCRETE

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The important general characteristics of hardened normal weight concrete and concrete structures, which are made with Portland cement, compared to other building materials and structures are as follows:

· Concrete has a high compressive strength, so that it is particularly suitable for use in walls and columns.

· If it is not in the form of prestressed concrete, concrete has a low strength to weight ratio which results in general choice of steel or timber beams when there are long spans, and light loads which are applied.

· In building, the weight of concrete can provide good sound insulation, for example in floors.

Concrete has good fire resistance. This property often gives it an important advantage over steel. The fire resistance can be made a little lower by aggregates that contain silica.

There is no damage to reinforced concrete at temperatures which are lower than 300°C (580°F) and a limestone aggregate can withstand temper­atures up to about 800°C (1,500°F) without great damage.

Unreinforced concrete is able to withstand amounts of tension, up to approximately ¹/₁₀ of its compressive strength. This property is of great importance as it allows concrete to withstand some shear stress without cracking.

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silica n. кремнезём

1. How many important general characteristics of hardened concrete structures are there?

2. What are they?

3. How can fire resistance of concrete be influenced?

4. What temper­atures can limestone aggregate withstand?

5. How high are the amounts of tension that unreinforced concrete is able to withstand?

Упражнение 1. Найдите в тексте условное предложение. Переведите его на русский язык.

Упражнение 2. Найдите в тексте числительные. Прочитайте их.

Упражнение 1. а) Переведите на русский язык приведенные ниже существительные:

sound, insulation, timber, floor, wall, choice, span, choice, importance, damage,

прилагательные и наречия:

light, a little, particularly, other, suitable, approximately,

служебные слова и обороты:

as follows, as, without, so that, for example, by, some, compared to,

глаголы:

contain, apply, provide, give, withstand, allow.

b) Если Вы не знаете слово, найдите его в словаре. Выпишите из словаря то значение слова, в котором оно использовано в тексте.

Упражнение 2. Найдите перевод слов списка А в списке В.

Упражнение 3. Напишите предложения с каждым из перечисленных ниже слов:

durable - durability

important - importance

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Фонетическое задание

Прочитайте транскрипцию в списке A, соотнесите её с соответствующим словом из списка B и переведите слово на русский язык. Учтите, что не все слова списка В даны в списке А.

A

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B