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workability

[‚wər·kə′bil·əd·ē]
(materials)
The ease with which concrete can be placed.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

workability

1. That property of freshly mixed concrete, plaster, or mortar which determines the ease and homogeneity with which it can be mixed, applied, compacted, spread, or finished; placeability.
2. The degree of ease of cutting and quality of cut that can be obtained in various woods with hand tools or machines.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The workability of GPC was measured using standard slump test and the slump values are presented in Table 5.
By visual and experimental evaluation, it was noticed that with the increase in the substitution of discarded foundry sand content there was an additional increase in the degree of workability. The effect of water content on the workability of the concrete can be expressed by Lyse's rule (Lyse 1932) which says that for a given type of aggregate, workability of the mix depends on the water content of the concrete, irrespective of the water-to-cement ratio.
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“The Indian admixtures market is dominated by naphthalene based admixtures on account of their cost-effectiveness compared to PCE based admixtures as well as improved workability in comparison with lignosulphonates.
This SP was used in liquid form, which was found to be more rapidly dispersed in a uniform way during the mixing of the slurries and therefore increased the workability of the grout mixtures.
This will help ascertain scheme's workability and will protect the poor, small and marginalised farmers, says a PC study on the canal water pricing.
"The code is for everyone to adopt and in three months' time it will be reviewed by council as to its workability and enforcement."
The lighter-weight and smaller-diameter optical fiber cable is expected to contribute toimprovement of the installation workability and effective use of infrastructure.
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