Intelligent Concrete

Intelligent Concrete

At Intelligent Concrete, as world-class concrete engineers and scientists, we get our hands and boots dirty to find the truth about what will work and what won’t when taking tech from the lab to the field. We have a fully equipped lab to deliver quality, precision, and “take-it-to-thebank” reliability in our findings. We give our 100% honest opinion in all recommendations and projected timelines for adoption. We support you with unparalleled customer service, timely communication, and commitment to helping you achieve your vision. Contact us today!

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  • @TheOnion619
    @TheOnion619Күн бұрын

    Such an absolute cutie!

  • @denniskarljr.5447
    @denniskarljr.544711 күн бұрын

    We are getting more in depth about our HRWR dosages in Illinois. Specifically we are seeing what HRWR naphthalene lignin poly carboxylate and its effect on Air entrainment in concrete. I know this is diverse and vague explanation but do you have any information on this? You talk about so many different aspects in this series but do you properly cover air entrainment and the effects of HRWR on Air Entrainment?

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete10 күн бұрын

    Valid question. A lot of folks are having problems stabilizing air in concrete. A lot of manufacturers are seeing this due to an increase in dirtiness of sand, change in cement chemistry as well as change in admixture chemistry. Over the last 5 years, the raw materials for both HRWRs and MRWRs have changed in quality and volumes. This has lead to a manifold of issues to include a stabilization of the air entrainment. We can put together a show going over this in more detail. Thanks for the question.

  • @sasendel
    @sasendel17 күн бұрын

    Have you made Colloidal Cellular Concrete? Heard that at Densities between 1000-1100kg/m3, it reaches compressive strengths of more than 50mpa. You know?

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete17 күн бұрын

    Yes. It’s all in the paste and maximizing hydration.

  • @sasendel
    @sasendel17 күн бұрын

    @@IntelligentConcrete Thank you very much for answering, what would be a mix design for 1m3 at Density 1000kg/m3? You know? Highly grateful if you can help me

  • @INAMmathematicivilengineering
    @INAMmathematicivilengineering20 күн бұрын

    Which mix design procedure should be applied for lightweight Pervious concrete as per ACI code??

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete19 күн бұрын

    ASTM C 192 if you are mixing in the lab.

  • @INAMmathematicivilengineering
    @INAMmathematicivilengineering19 күн бұрын

    @@IntelligentConcrete I mean calculation for proportioning like 1 : 1.6 : 7.2 Which ACI code should be used for lightweight Pervious concrete.

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete17 күн бұрын

    ACI PRC-213-14(23) Guide for Structural Lightweight-Aggregate Concrete Reapproved 2023

  • @INAMmathematicivilengineering
    @INAMmathematicivilengineering17 күн бұрын

    @@IntelligentConcrete thank you for answering this code is for lightweight concrete not for lightweight Pervious concrete. Is there is any ACI CODE for lightweight Pervious concrete? Is it possible you provide me your WhatsApp no, I shall very thankful to you

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete17 күн бұрын

    Understood. I’ll check but I don’t believe there is a standard for the combination. The best way to get in to h with me is shooting me a message from our website contact form. www.intelligent-concrete.com/contact-us/

  • @denniskarljr.5447
    @denniskarljr.544720 күн бұрын

    On a deep dive into concrete topics late at night, I’ve been curious about the practical effects of high-range water-reducing (HRWR) admixtures on air entrainment, especially when using the pressure method for on-site air tests. What factors cause the test results to 'jump,' leading to lower air dosages at the plants as a precaution? I understand that the defoamer plays a huge part but essentially why do we see low specific surface and spacing factor results that don't align with the on-site air test outcomes? Essentially, we need the same series, but focused on types of air entrainment, their importance, and how the effects vary based on the mix. START THE VLOG BACK UP!

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete20 күн бұрын

    Who the f is cutting onions in here?!! Beautifully series of questions and thanks for the shout out to start the vlog. The studio is almost set up after the move and this will need to be our first video. Thank you again. Here is a short answer to your questions.

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete20 күн бұрын

    - why do we see “air jumps” at the plant? + we literally had this conversation all of last week. Air jumps can be caused by a lot of things - our recent chat focused on a change in the dirtiness of sand how the air went from 2% to 11% with the same dosage (2 fl oz per cwt). What I would do in this situation is an “elimination diet” with your mixes - find out the cause first. If indeed it is your HRWR, that is not unheard of, check to see if your reformer has separated from the HRWR. It normally can be seen floating on top of the tank of HRWR. I have a picture of what it looks like and will include it in the video. This happened to me years ago at a plant in New Mexico and Colorado. It happens. Finally, I hate to add this but… are you using the hardened air void analysis or the SAM? That SAM as much as I like it can be a pain to calibrate. I would double check the SAM make sure everything is good - it could be a calibration thing too.

  • @canadianconcretepumper1979
    @canadianconcretepumper1979Ай бұрын

    Just found this channel. Been pumping concrete 25+ years and your videos are extremely helpful and educational. Thanks for what you do 🤙🤙🤙

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcreteАй бұрын

    Thank you!!!!! You should check out our videos on concrete pumping. We go into detail about concrete pump pressure, why and how they’ve been changing over the years.

  • @reneharkamp4309
    @reneharkamp4309Ай бұрын

    Amsterdam, I was told that Dutch forced labourers in WW II , pouring concrete along the ,Atlantic Wall, to place big guns on top for the Germans. Was sabotaged by all of them adding sugar in the mix. The concrete got britle, and cracked. When the first test salvo 's were fired.... 10 workers got randomly executed, in front of all ,slaves, And all sugar was banned from the building sites 😢

  • @dj_mac
    @dj_macАй бұрын

    Engineering terms made simple. Thanks

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcreteАй бұрын

    No problem let me know if you have any other concrete questions.

  • @stanjames4548
    @stanjames4548Ай бұрын

    isnt it the compressive strength is calculated by the bigger area of the cylinder? the diameter x height?

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcreteАй бұрын

    No Sir. P = F / A. Pressure = Force divided by area of the applied load.

  • @stanjames4548
    @stanjames4548Ай бұрын

    @@IntelligentConcrete oh surely i know its §=P/A, what i mean is the area(A) use to calculate the compressive strength, isn't the diameter x height?

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcreteАй бұрын

    @@stanjames4548 no. That is when you are doing Splitting tensile strength.

  • @jon_byler
    @jon_bylerАй бұрын

    I’m assuming your mixes containing colloidal silica are made using liquid colloidal silica additive? Can you get the same results using dry powder like silica fume (cabosil)? From my understanding of making a good clay body in ceramics, particle size distribution plays a huge role in strength of final product. Is the colloidal silica in concrete helping with the particle size distribution on the very fine end, and adding strength because of that? Or is it some other property of the colloidal silica?

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcreteАй бұрын

    There a lot of properties we get out colloidal silica: instantaneous pozzolanic reaction, accelerated cement dissolution, particle to particle packing and more. You could get similar benefits from silica fume and the like all be it not to the degree.

  • @yaoi.bl.shonenai.danmei
    @yaoi.bl.shonenai.danmeiАй бұрын

    Can you tell me one thing that I am trying to make white cement showpiece but the white cement is not getting tightened.....

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcreteАй бұрын

    Is the cement new or old?

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcreteАй бұрын

    You can always add an accelerator to the cement or reduce the water content, but without knowing what type of cement it is, besides it being white, it’s hard for me to give a direction

  • @yaoi.bl.shonenai.danmei
    @yaoi.bl.shonenai.danmeiАй бұрын

    New... I bought a 1 kg packet of white cement

  • @yaoi.bl.shonenai.danmei
    @yaoi.bl.shonenai.danmeiАй бұрын

    Can you tell me what you add ?? 2:1 ratio of cement and water ...is there anything else you add?

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcreteАй бұрын

    Less water.

  • @L6FT
    @L6FT2 ай бұрын

    So cars accelerate the degradation of the concrete structures they drive on through their emissions. Interesting.

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcreteАй бұрын

    Agreed

  • @ECLECTRIC_EDITS
    @ECLECTRIC_EDITS2 ай бұрын

    I wish she was my wife

  • @Grammerr10851
    @Grammerr108512 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Dr Belkowitz! Question: iron silicate is the primary material waste resulting from deep injection geothermal wells. Would this iron silicate work poorly as a concrete aggregate?

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete2 ай бұрын

    Ehhhh. One way to find out. My guess is yes but you’ll need some higher dosages. I am guessing your solid content is around 1-5%. Can you filter it to a higher solid content where it grows into Colloidal Silica?

  • @user-mm3wu1jt8z
    @user-mm3wu1jt8z2 ай бұрын

    Hence not allowing slab to cure properly as a unified slab structure overworking concrete does bring air to surface but cooking with steel creates heat: in my opinion never book taught but like video keep sharing thanks jtravis

  • @user-mm3wu1jt8z
    @user-mm3wu1jt8z2 ай бұрын

    I have come to the conclusion through yrs of experience steel cooks top surface causing faster setting time of top surface creating a void or seperation from bottom portion of concrete top has such faster setting time when a cure and seal is used i believe this allows a chance for bottom portion to pull top portion together have a sealed barrier preventing massive water loss from top portion

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the input

  • @user-cx6lk2rg9b
    @user-cx6lk2rg9b2 ай бұрын

    can drinking silicate (from soda water) dangerous?

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete2 ай бұрын

    Drinking soda water isn’t dangerous that know of…

  • @user-vp6vu8xl1c
    @user-vp6vu8xl1c2 ай бұрын

    Just like pump mix. She’s got the lube! I’ve got a few questions 1. What causes concrete to flash set? 2. What’s the difference between hydration stabilizer and retarder? 3. Do you think brown sugar is more potent than white sugar for killing concrete. Thank you good sir, I love your channel

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete2 ай бұрын

    Thank you!!!! Here are the answers, let me know if you babe any other questions. 1. Flash set is normally due to a lack of gypsum added during the manufacturing process. Without the correct type or smith of gypsum the cement hydration process can take off like a bat out of hell. 2. A “set retarder” should only impact the fresh properties by delaying the concrete setting (initial, 500 psi and final, 4000 psi). Meaning if you don’t have enough finishers on the jobsite, the set retarder will delay set time to give you more room to level and close up the concrete surface before you need to do final finishing operations. A “hydration stabilizer” is designed to counteract anything that will accelerate the hydration process. We normally used them as part of a “Fast track pavement” and “mass concrete.” Where we put a lot of accelerators in the mix but wanted to stabilize the reaction until enough cement has dissolved and we can maximize earl strengths - FTP. And to reduce the heat build up in mass concrete that could causes internal temperatures to build up to high and cause cracking.

  • @honsville
    @honsville2 ай бұрын

    Im gonna try sugar, flour, and eggs and make a croncrete cake. Thanks for the idea. Haha.

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete2 ай бұрын

    Awesome!!!!!

  • @0mon0zz
    @0mon0zz2 ай бұрын

    Instead of pozzolanic % can I just use reactive fraction I.e total amorphous material? For OPC equivalent this would just be the cement phases (e.g. alite).

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete2 ай бұрын

    See what happens.

  • @MrOliverAC
    @MrOliverAC2 ай бұрын

    I understand that clear benefits, but every time I see pervious concrete slabs, it is full of cracks and settlements. It seems to me that the same water that leaks through the aggregate also washes of the soil that supports the concrete, therefore settling it. And if it needs replacement in few years because of that, then it seems like it's more eco-friendly to built with regular non-pervious concrete. What do you guys think?

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete2 ай бұрын

    Settlement is usually a fault of the subgrade - base course. I think it all depends where you are willing to invest resources and what the objectives are for the project. Sometimes, pervious is a really expensive slab. Nothing more.

  • @brentr52
    @brentr523 ай бұрын

    Excessive cementitious/UPC "expensive ultra fine aggregate". Many thumbs up!

  • @RobertJordan7
    @RobertJordan73 ай бұрын

    A quick clarification question. One method says: “Prior to mixing the test material, the mixer should be “buttered” using aggregates and a non-air-entraining cement other than that supplied by the cement and concrete reference laboratory.” I’m a believer of buttering the drum with a non-representative random mixture of mortar. The 3 levels of butter accuracy: 1. No butter bare drum. Pros: simple to do. Cons: paste + sand (Mortar) will be left in mixer. The final batch will have a higher coarse aggregate percentage than designed. Smaller batches will lose a larger percentage of their batch to coating the drum. 2. Random butter to coat drum. Pros: almost as simple as above(1). Theoretically no mortar should be lost from the buttered drum to after dumping out the mixed batch. Cons: cement+SCM’s+water+sand left in the mixer may not match the final batch proportions exactly. 3. Representative butter sample identical to that of the tested mix design. Cons: Much more complicated to get a mini-batch to the same slump & entrained air consistency as the final batch. It takes time to test & adjust even before completing the main test batch. Pros: Theoretically should be the most representative if the exact same raw constituents are used from butter to batch.

  • @IIIBETEPIII
    @IIIBETEPIII3 ай бұрын

    For full experiment you had to reduce the amount of water on 3 and 4, just because you can. Maybe because it was too liquid, it separated the cement from sand.

  • @TrendingTrends4U
    @TrendingTrends4U4 ай бұрын

    Please make a light emmeting concrete

  • @samueladams4145
    @samueladams41454 ай бұрын

    Hello Guys. I'm surprised that there are no comments on this page. Spraying water while finishing concrete is a standard procedure on many commercial job sites, and virtually ALL residential job sites. To the point that finishers will not even discuss the practice. Are either of you civil engineers or associated with the ACI or NRMCA? I agree with your accessment, but by what authority do you speak? Thank You.

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete4 ай бұрын

    Understood on the standard practice that goes on at jobsites. Thank you for your addition. As for Engineers on jobsites, I rarely if ever see them.

  • @LordGandor3
    @LordGandor34 ай бұрын

    I bet you are a heavy metal singer with that voice , 80's metal ?

  • @victoryfirst2878
    @victoryfirst28784 ай бұрын

    What would be the best ingredient for making air-crete more insulation factor Sir ??

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete4 ай бұрын

    More air

  • @victoryfirst2878
    @victoryfirst28784 ай бұрын

    Thanks@@IntelligentConcrete

  • @victoryfirst2878
    @victoryfirst28784 ай бұрын

    What is added to cement to increase the strength from 5000 psi to 25000 psi ???

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete4 ай бұрын

    More cement, less water. A dash of silica fume.

  • @victoryfirst2878
    @victoryfirst28784 ай бұрын

    Would that increase the strength four to five fold IC ??? Just checking with you fella. @@IntelligentConcrete

  • @cotterresearchanddevelopment
    @cotterresearchanddevelopment4 ай бұрын

    The one use I've found is that a crumb rubber placed in concrete can allow a concrete to be nailable, like wood. You can hammer it by hand but the nails hold as well as they do in wood. It's an interesting concept if you want to look into it.

  • @Jonathanos12
    @Jonathanos124 ай бұрын

    There is a large ufo either behind or under the Hoover Dam. Im here because google sent me here.

  • @katonusa
    @katonusa4 ай бұрын

    just talking... but no illustration. Would be better if showed with the illustration or pictures of the subject 👎👎👎

  • @ECLECTRIC_EDITS
    @ECLECTRIC_EDITS2 ай бұрын

    Shut up. I paid better attention this way... 😅

  • @ylmazkarakas4684
    @ylmazkarakas46844 ай бұрын

    Are you serious? What about compressive strength? One of the most important..

  • @sparksmcgee6641
    @sparksmcgee66414 ай бұрын

    Come on the correct response is pointing out they should have just put down a roll of painters plastic.😅😅😅😅😅 I just realized all they needed was just painters plastic.

  • @RoryBosma
    @RoryBosma4 ай бұрын

    320+ DOT bridge decks and overlays cured with E5 in lieu of external curing now 👍

  • @manufiorentini7337
    @manufiorentini73374 ай бұрын

    Nice video! Are you talking about adding super plasticizers or what else in the concrete mix you saw being used for wine tanks in Northern California?

  • @madman27985
    @madman279854 ай бұрын

    My concrete is failing after 5days when we are stressing it W e have post tensioned slab.Bursting is occuring for M40 grade.

  • @macdedeh69
    @macdedeh695 ай бұрын

    i completely understood. thankyou dear

  • @annsome
    @annsome5 ай бұрын

    voice to low...

  • @SchulzArt
    @SchulzArt5 ай бұрын

    Came here because I wanted to use pavers for my garden but having second thoughts.

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete5 ай бұрын

    Good idea. I use them. You can get them on sale at HFH.

  • @annsome
    @annsome5 ай бұрын

    Can resin be addwd to the system? Like SBR or Acrylic?

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete5 ай бұрын

    Yes but it tends to foam a lot.

  • @alinaizquierdo2315
    @alinaizquierdo23155 ай бұрын

    How do u know the quality of the RC? The higher the Cement part the better the RC? or how do u measure it, so carbonation and following corrosion ocur in the longest time possible?

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcreteАй бұрын

    I believe there is an FHWA method for pavement evaluation

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcreteАй бұрын

    www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/pavedesign.cfm

  • @mattwernecke2342
    @mattwernecke23425 ай бұрын

    Didn't help.

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete5 ай бұрын

    Really? Please elaborate so we can do better in the future.

  • @RoryBosma
    @RoryBosma5 ай бұрын

    At a PH of 10.8 and above it is no longer nano colloidal silica.

  • @IntelligentConcrete
    @IntelligentConcrete5 ай бұрын

    That’s the science.

  • @robkunkel8833
    @robkunkel88336 ай бұрын

    Hi … I found and subscribed to this channel for one reason. To be relatively intelligent sounding when giving tours of our historic “Sandfloor Synagogue” built in 1833. I tell people that our builders added molasses to the “rubble construction’’ of the walls reinforced by European produced bricks at entry locations. This helps me a lot. If you google us, you can see what I am talking about. Thanks, Rob in the USVI’s #Sandfloor_Synagogue .

  • @sidekick3rida
    @sidekick3rida6 ай бұрын

    How are people getting sick from concrete vases?

  • @mattwernecke2342
    @mattwernecke23426 ай бұрын

    Can you emulsify graphene using polysorbate?

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    @user-ht6mn4zn2k6 ай бұрын

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    @user-ht6mn4zn2k6 ай бұрын

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