shotcrete
shotcrete noun: concrete conveyed through a hose and pneumatically projected at high velocity onto a surface.
Noun
shotcrete (countable and uncountable, plural shotcretes)
- concrete conveyed through a hose and pneumatically projected at high velocity onto a surface.
- Shotcrete is here used as a brief descriptive term (not copyrighted) for a material consisting of portland cement, sand and water placed pneumatically by means of a machine that discharges water an pre-mixed cement and sand, under regulated pressures, through pipes or hose, and a discharge nozzle...[1934, T. L. Condron; G. E. Boyd; Kenerly Bryan, Jr.; W. K. Hatt; A. C. Irwin; D. A. Ruhl; G. E. Tebbetts; H. H. Temple; L. W. Walter, “Pneumatically Projected Concrete”, in Proceedings of the...
- After each blast, rubble is taken out, and the excavated area is covered in a waterproof membrane and sprayed with shotcrete.2026 June 3, 17:57 from the start, in Norway is Building The World's Deepest Mega-Tunnel, spoken by Fred Mills, The B1M, via YouTube
Forms of shotcrete
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Origin of shotcrete
Blend of shot + concrete. First attested use is in a report at the 1934 convention of the American Railway Engineering Association.
Questions about shotcrete
- What does shotcrete mean?
- Shotcrete means concrete conveyed through a hose and pneumatically projected at high velocity onto a surface.
- What part of speech is shotcrete?
- Shotcrete is a noun.
- What is the plural of shotcrete?
- The plural of shotcrete is shotcretes.
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