#concrete additive

[remash]

historian's library + residence ~ dowling architects | photography: henry dowling

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

my brain likes to bounce between aus and lately the lottery is landing back on lights out. im having many thoughts and uhhhh am i changing some things Again? yeah

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Taking inspiration from nature, researchers from Princeton Engineering have improved crack resistance in concrete components by coupling architected designs with additive manufacturing processes and industrial robots that can precisely control materials deposition. In an article published Aug. 29 in the journal Nature Communications, researchers led by Reza Moini, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Princeton, describe how their designs increased resistance to cracking by as much as 63% compared to conventional cast concrete. The researchers were inspired by the double-helical structures that make up the scales of an ancient fish lineage called coelacanths. Moini said that nature often uses clever architecture to mutually increase material properties such as strength and fracture resistance.

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[emstargazer]

I honestly don't know how to feel about FBC Firebreak. Never in a million years could I've anticipated a co-op set in the Oldest House, but... I guess it could work?

One thing that got me worried is how the trailer had a way different atmosphere compared to Control which, again, I'm not sure if it's the right direction they should be taking.

[nerdgirlnarrates]

Found out I matched on Monday (🥳), but now waiting till Friday to find out where is KILLING me. The match has felt like this distant, looming horror for so long, and it's finally become real, and it's actually happy, and now I'm desperate to know where I'm going.

[age-of-moonknight]

“The Once and Future Knight,” Phases of the Moon Knight (Vol. 1/2024), #1.

Writer: Erica Schultz; Penciler: Manuel García; Inker: Sean Parsons; Colorist: Ceci de la Cruz; Letterer: Cory Petit

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

vibes have NOT improved 3 hours later -_-

[natugood]

I never realized how much of a positive impact it would have on me mentally and emotionally, but I am so happy I got top surgery. Yes, I do still feel sad and miss my breasts, because they were a part of me that I grew into and learned to love. But I feel so SO much more myself without them.

I get to exist without the constant, subtle pain, the reminder that my body isn’t mine for some reason, even though I know that it is, or at least that it should be. It’s like before I was existing as myself but through a warped mirror, seeing a reflection or version of myself which I knew to be true, but also which I felt disconnected from. Like I was inhabiting an alien clone of my real self. It didn’t feel wrong because I had never known another existence, I had never seen or experienced another version of myself, I couldn’t imagine another version of myself.

I didn’t let myself imagine another version of myself, because I was afraid that the joy I would experience at seeing myself as I wanted would torment me and make my life agony. I wanted to survive, I didn’t want to live in pain. But I knew I felt wrong. I looked wrong. I was wrong. But I was wasn’t wrong, I was just me. I was trying so, so hard to learn to love me. And I still love that version of myself. My breasts were a part of me, a part of my body, and even though I never wanted them there, I accepted them, because what else was I supposed to do? I wanted to love myself, and they were a part of me, so I tried. I tried so hard, but as time went on, even though they felt more and more right, they also felt more and more wrong.

I think a part of me always knew that they were temporary, that they were visitors on my body, a necessary but unwanted part of my form. When I had my surgery, I wanted to take time beforehand to say goodbye. They were a part of me. I loved them. I was going to miss them, even if I knew I would be happier without them. They meant the world to me, even if I wanted them to go away forever. They were a part of me, a part of me that made me, me. I was sleepy that day though, and I was more anxious and uncertain about the events to come than I was about whether I would have time to take a private moment to myself, to get to say goodbye. For once, I was living in the moment. The anesthesia hit much faster than I expected too; I thought I’d have a few more minutes with them, but before I knew it, I was waking up. They were gone. I didn’t get to say goodbye to them. In our last moments together, I didn’t think about them at all.

When I woke up, my body felt strange, and pained, and lacking. As the days went by, I felt the same numbers that I had felt before, though in some ways it was exacerbated by the post surgery dressings. But beneath the numbness, it felt good. So good. It took me awhile to really register that goodness, to even register they were gone.

So much of the time they existed I tried to ignore them. Your chest isn’t the focal point of your existence anyways, so I didn’t think about it a lot, or at least I tried not to. But with them gone, it felt like a part of me had been released. The constant pain, the fear, the awareness of their existence - vanished. The surgery was not the beginning of the process. It was slow, and had been ongoing over since I got my first binder, eight years before. I’d compressed them, tried to live without them, tried to forget their existence for so so long. It felt fake that I could finally relieve myself of that burden.

And now, there I was. In my own body, but insufficient another alien body. Trying to reacquaint myself with myself, the myself who I’d know but never gotten to see, the myself who I had become. As time has gone on, I have felt no regret. I don’t see my body through a warped perspective anymore. I just see myself for who I am. I am finally myself. I get to be happy now. I am free.

[whoslaurapalmer]

been thinking about the hostile hospital photograph. that picture of lemony and jacques and beatrice and bertrand. at 667 dark avenue!! what were the circumstances! who took the photo!! how did it end up in the snicket file!! by god jacques is smiling in the photo. beatrice and bertrand weren't married yet. lemony is THERE

[yourdrugisafartbreaker]

Oh my god I just remembered of something because of my new Backyardigans renaissance

Okay so the 66th episode of The Backyardigans is entitled Flower Power. In it- Actually, I’m not gonna explain the plot too much, because this series still holds up even now and you can just watch it on YouTube for free. https://youtube.com/watch?v=yIzR5vZBv2I

Anyways, Uniqua is a superhero named Flower Girl with flower powers, as the title suggests. I first saw this episode in (I think) 2nd grade.

So, in this class, there was always like a little break time inside the classroom that wasn’t a recess period because young kids hate sitting still and having to learn things for too long.

Now, there were several things I could choose to do. There were toys in the play corner, I could talk to my fellow peers. or I could even do a little extra credit homework assignment if I wanted to ask the teacher for it. (Nobody did this. Even I was the squarest of squares and I didn’t do it.)

However, I still had that episode of The Backyardigans fresh in my mind. I instead asked my teacher for some scratch paper.

Not only was I making fanart of myself as Flower Girl, I was trying to recreate the episode in a comic book style with me as Flower Girl.

I remember the art itself very distinctly despite not having it anymore or even taking it home.. The thing is, my first thought wasn’t “Oh, why was I drawing myself as a girl???” or “Oh wait, this could explain things a bit!”

The first thought that came to my mind was, “God damn it, my drawing skills haven’t improved since the 2nd fucking grade!”

[cantankerouscatfish]

the other day I went up to the office lady who speaks Spanish and asked '¿cómo se dice Novia en inglés?'

and she thought about it, then: 'it means bride.'

'oh okay, that makes sense.'

and she was like 'huh what'

it's the name of the pink rose we've been getting in lately! we used to get Jessika but suddenly it's all Novia. I brought one up for her to see.

so now every time we get in roses it's like, oh shoot man woah there's 50 novias in this cardboard box. better get them outta there.

[keystoneremodelingredmond]

Website : https://keystoneremodelingredmond.com/

Address : 7525 166th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052

Phone : +1 425-900-6254

We’re a family-owned construction firm specializing in home remodeling and renovation in Redmond, WA.

Business Email : info@keystoneremodelingredmond.com

[captainjonnitkessler]

Construction workers will be like "vaccines? No thank you I am NOT filing my body with poisonous chemicals" and then jackhammer concrete for 8 straight hours without so much as a dust mask

[architecturalthesis]

3D Printed Freeform Formwork

The performance of 3D printed formwork and its geometric complexity varies, depending on the type of plastic used for 3D printing the formwork and the printing technology. The three columns showcase the degree of geometric freedom achievable in concrete formwork when printing with different materials—namely PLA, PVA, and PETG—and using different 3D printing techniques—robotic fused granulate fabrication (FGF) and fused filament fabrication (FFF) cartesian machines.

PLA (Polylactic Acid) is a common plastic material in the 3D printing industry, being both biodegradable and produced from renewable, organic starches. PVA (Polyvinyl Acetate) is a water-soluble synthetic polymer often used for support material on complex 3D prints due to its ease of removal when in direct contact with water. This research uses PVA to directly 3D print the formwork parts. Due to its high sensitivity to moisture, PVA requires airtight storage. Because of the material’s sensitivity, PVA can clog the nozzle of a 3d printer. PETG (Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol) is a thermoplastic copolyester with high chemical resistance, durability, and ductility. It is also fully recyclable.

Acknowledgement for 3D Printing Concrete Formwork Project Project Instructor: Assistant Professor Dr. Mania Aghaei Meibodi

Contributing Students:  Ryan Craney, Han-Yuan Chang, Monik Gada, Feras Nour,  Christopher Voltl, Jessica Lin, Chia-Ching Yen, Carl Uwe Eppinger, Aaron Weaver

[vinyls-and-valentines]

!! WARNNING: ACTIVE BROADCAST AREA !!

MAKE A SQUEAK? BETTER GET THE HELL ON YOUR FEET!

>VACANCY FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, OR FIND DJ AT ASTEROID DERBY!<

[NOW SCRAM!!]

[duckduckngoose]

Dang I'm rll brainrotting this au huh