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Concrete Operations in the Concrete Ship Program

• ID:

  1485

• ESCSI:

  4710.017

• Author:

  Tuthill, Lewis H.

• Publication Name:

  Journal of the American Concrete Institute

• Type of Publication:

  Journal

• Publisher:

  American Concrete Institute

• Dated:

  1945

• Issue/Volume:

  January, No. 3, V. 16

• Other ID:

• Page(s):

  137-177

• Reference List:

  N

• Abstract:

  This paper describes only briefly the hulls constructed in the concrete ship program of the U.S. Maritime Commission but goes into more detail in connection with problems encountered and their solution in the course of these concrete operations. Construction joint procedure, lightweight aggregate concrete and mix control, handling, placing and vibration practice, curing, testing and repair problems are described in the belief that much of this information is applicable to any concrete work of high standard. Design of hulls is not discussed except as construction is affected. The ships have not been in service sufficiently long to justify much discussion of their performance or durability.