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What are the applications of no fines concrete?

In some occasions no fines concrete is used in houses because of its good thermal insulation properties. Basically no fines concrete consists of coarse aggregates and cement without any fine aggregates. It is essential that no fines concrete should be designed with a certain amount of voids to enhance thermal insulation.


The size of these voids should be large enough to avoid the movement of moisture in the concrete section by capillary action. It is common for no fines concrete to be used as external walls in houses because rains falling on the surface of external walls can only penetrate a short horizontal distance and then falls to the bottom of the walls. The use of no fines concrete guarantees good thermal insulation of the house.

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This question is taken from book named – A Self Learning Manual – Mastering Different Fields of Civil Engineering Works (VC-Q-A-Method) by Vincent T. H. CHU.

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Mampuru says:

I want the application of non-fines concrete

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