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1. CONCRETE

It is difficult to imagine modern structure without concrete. Concrete is the very building material which led to great structural innovations. The most important quality is its property to be formed into large and strong monolithic units. The basic materials for making concrete are cement, aggregate and water. Cement is the most essential material and the most important one for making concrete of high quality. Cement is made of limestone and clay. It is burnt at high temperature and ground up into powder. During the grinding a small percentage of raw gypsum is added otherwise it would set too quickly. Depending on the kind and composition of the raw materials different types of cement are obtained: Portland cement, blast furnace cement, rapid-hardening cement and many others.

Concrete is made by binding together particles of sand and gravel, stone or broken brick. The binding agent used is a paste of Portland cement and water, in suitable proportions. When water is added to the cement, hydration takes place. This causes the whole mixture to set and harden, forming a solid mass. Cement starts hardening one hour after the water has been added and the process of hardening lasts for about twenty-eight days. The process is called concrete curing. The strength of concrete under favourable conditions increases with age. The strength of concrete is very rapid in the early stages, but continues more slowly for an indefinite period amounting to years. The sand, gravel (or broken stone) are termed "aggregate"; sand is known as "fine aggregate", and gravel as "coarse aggregate". Concrete can be made on a building site and poured into position as a wet mix, or it may be used as the materials for making prefabricated units in a plant.

The characteristics of concrete depend upon the quality of the materials used, grading of the aggregates, proportioning and amount of water. The most important requirements for concrete are: it should be hard, strong, durable, fire-resistant and economical. To get the best of concrete the follow ing considerations should be kept in mind (помнить):

1. The most suitable proportions of cement and aggregate are: 1 part cement, 2 parts sand and 4 parts of gravel.

2. The water used for mixing cements, limes and plasters must be reasonably clean. Pond, river and canal water often contain different impurities and should not be used without examination. Water fit for drinking can be assumed to be free from harmful ingredients. Excess of water is detrimental to the ultimate strength of the concrete.

3. The sand should be clean. Therefore, if impurities are present, the binding is affected.

Concrete can be divided into two classes: mass or plain concrete and reinforced concrete (ferro-concrete) where it is necessary⁷ to introduce steel. Plain or mass concrete can be used for almost all building purposes. Ferro-concrete is used in building bridges and arches, dams and dock-walls, for structures underwater, for foundations, columns and beams. The use of concrete and ferro-concrete is almost universal.

Imagine Представить

lead (led, led) привести

burn (burnt, burnt) сжигать

grind измельчать, дробить

add добавлять

rapid быстрый

(in)definite определенный (неопределенный)

amount количество, доходить до

pour заливат

ь

obtain (get) получать

depend on зависеть

kind вид

particle частица

set (harden) схватываться, твердеть, застывать

las t длиться

favourable благоприятный

increase увеличиваться

age возраст, срок службы

call называть(ся)

cause вызывать, являться причиной

continue продолжаться

slow(ly) медленный (медленно)

grade качество сорт; сортировать

require(ment) требовать (требование)

reasonable разумный, умеренный

clean • чистый

impurity примесь, загрязнение, засорение

contain содержать, вмещать

assume предполагать, считать

harmful вредный

sufficient достаточный

excess излишек

detrimental приносящий убыток, вредный

ultimate окончательный, предельный

introduce внедрять, вводить

dam плотина, подпорная стена

beam балка

УПРАЖНЕНИЯ К ТЕКСТУ "CONCRETE" 1.К каждой данной паре слов вспомните русское слово с тем же корнем, что и английское:

Composition состав, соединение, смесь

monolithic монолитный

mix смесь, смешивать

form вид, тип, форма; принимать форму, образовывать,

составлять

start начинать

position место, положение

proportion соотношение, часть, доля

piaster штукатурка

examination исследование

ingredient составная часть

structural innovations нововведения (технические новшества) в строительстве

средство, вещество

agent глина

clay арка

arch универсальный, всеобщий universal

II. Вспомните значение следующих английских слое и подберите к ним синонимы из правого столбца. Дайте перевод данных синонимов.

1. grind 1. modern building

2. rapidly 2. broken brick

3. put into position 3. plain concrete

4. ingredient 4. right amount

5. set 5. place

6. suitable proportions 6. hard artificial stone

7. essential material 7. quickly

8. broken stone 8. ground up into powder

9. mass concrete 9. component

10. reinforced concrete 10. harden

11. modern structure 11. important material

12. solid mass 12. ferro-concrete

III. Вспомните значение следующих английских слов и подберите к ним эквиваленты из правого столбца.

1. modern structure 1. вяжущее

2. raw materials 2. бысгротвердеющпй цемент

3. ground up into powder 3. мелкий заполнитель

4. blast furnace cement 4. щебень

5. rapid-hardening cement 5. строительная площадка

6. concrete curing 6. современное здание

7. broken stone 7. сборные конструкции

8. binding agent 8. происходить, случаться

9. fine aggregate 9. питьевая вода

10. coarse aggregate 10. сырье

11. building site 11. выдержка бетона

12. wet mix 12. крупный заполнитель

13. prefabricated units 13. мокрая (сырая) смесь

14. water fir for drinking 14. шлакопортландцемент

15. take place 15.измельчать в порошок

IV. Закончите следующие предложения, используя английские эквиваленты из

текста. Предложения переведите.

1. (Самым важным качеством) of concrete is its property to be formed into large and strong monolithic units. 2. Concrete is made by mixing cement, sand, gravel and water (в нужных количествах). 3. The characteristics of concrete depend (от качества используемых материалов). 4. Cement is (самый важный и необходимый материал) for making concrete of good quality. 5. Cement is made of (известняка и глины). 6. Concrete is made by binding together particles of (песка, гравия или щебня). 7. The water used for mixing cements must be (умеренно чистой), excess is detrimental to (окончательной прочности бетона). 8. Sand should be clean and free from (вредных веществ). 9. Concrete can be divided into (обычный или железобетон) или where it is necessary (ввести сталь). 10. Concrete and ferro-concrete is used (почти для всех строительных целей).

5. Укажите, какие предложения относятся к бетону, а какие к цементу. Предложения переведите на русский язык.

1. It is the basic material for making concrete. 2. It is burnt and ground up into powder. 3. It can be formed into large and monolithic units. 4. It is a very hard artificial stone. 5. It is durable, fire- resistant and economical. 6. It can be rapid-hardening. 7. It starts hardening one hour after the water has been added. 8. Its strength is increased with age. 9. It can be used for underwater structures. 10. The process of its curing lasts for about 28 days. 11. It is made of limestone and clay. 12. It can be used as the material for making prefabricated units in a plant.

5. Используя слова и выражения из текста, письменно переведите следующие предложения на русский язык.

1.Бетон применяется в строительстве с давних времен. 2. В древности (ancient times) в качестве вяжущих использовали гипс, глину и гипс. 3. Егор Челиев впервые (was the first to use) применил цемент в начале XIX века. 4. Изготовление цементов в Англии и Германии началось на несколько лет позже (some years later). 5. С XIX столетия (century) после изобретения (invention) портландцемента бетон стал широко применяться для различных интересных конструкций. 6. Бетон - это искусственный материал. Его получают в результате формирования и затвердевания правильно подобранной смеси (вяжущего, заполнителей и воды). Вяжущее в бетоне используют вместе в мелкими и крупными заполнителями. 7. Все конструкции из бетона могут быть монолитными, сборными и сборно-монолитными. Сборные конструкции выпускают (are produced) на специальных заводах. Монолитные конструкции бетонируют на месте строительства.

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2. REINFORCED CONCRETE

Reinforced concrete is a combination of two of the strongest structural materials,

concrete and steel.

This term is applied to a construction in which steel bars or heavy steel mesh are properly embedded in concrete. The steel is put in position and concrete is poured around and over it, and then tamped in place so that the steel is completely embedded. When the concrete hardens and sets, the resulting material gains great strength. This new structural concrete came into practical application at the turn of the 19^th century.

The reinforcing of concrete was first introduced in France in 1861 by Joseph Monier, who constructed flower pots, tubs and tanks, and Francois Coignet, who published theories of reinforcing for beams, arches, and large pipes. Very little was accomplished in building construction until twenty-five years later when German and Austrian engineers developed formulas for design, and Hennebique in France began the use of bent-up bars. Between 1880 and 1890 several reinforced concrete buildings were erected in the United States, and since 1896 the development of reinforced concrete work has made great progress. And the reasons of this progress are quite evident. Concrete has poor elastic and tensional properties, but it is rigid, strong in compression, durable under and above ground and in the presence or absence of air and water, it increases its strength with age, it is fireproof.

Steel has great tensional, compressive and elastic properties, but it is not durable being exposed to moisture, it loses its strength with age, or being subjected to high temperature. So, what is the effect of the addition of steel reinforcement to concrete?

Steel does not undergo shrinkage or drying but concrete does and therefore steel acts as a restraining medium in a reinforced concrete member. Shrinkage causes tensile stresses in the concrete, which are balanced by compressive stresses in the steel.

First there was a tendency among architects to consider reinforced concrete as a

method of construction suited only to heavy and massive structures. Much study and experience have led to vast improvements in the manufacture of this concrete. The potentialities of a substance which can be poured into any form or shape from delicate ornament to huge cantilevers and parabolic arches and which is monolithic throughout its mass appear to be in the hands of the creators of concrete buildings.

Indeed, steel constructions w ith reinforced concrete have become the most important building materials invented in centuries and they have given modern architecture its peculiar features.

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