Concrete - a hard strong building material made by mixing a cementing material (such as portland

cement) and a mineral aggregate (such as sand and gravel) with sufficient water to cause the cement
to set and bind the entire mass

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Aggregates - a clustered mass of individual soil particles varied in shape, ranging in size from a
microscopic granule to a small crumb, and considered the basic structural unit of soil

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Coarse Aggregates - the portion of the aggregate used in concrete that is larger than about ³/₁₆ inch

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Sieve- a device with meshes or perforations through which finer particles of a mixture (as of ashes,
flour, or sand) of various sizes may be passed to separate them from coarser ones, through which the
liquid may be drained from liquid-containing material, or through which soft materials may be forced
for reduction to fine particles

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Nile tilapia - is a highly invasive fish that plagues a variety of ecosystems, particularly those located in
the tropics. Oreochromis niloticus' effective mouth brooding reproductive strategy allows it to increase
in numbers at a rate which, not only crowds native species, but pollutes and unbalances the water
column.

http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=1322

Cement- is a hydraulic binder: from the chemical reaction of a finely-ground inorganic material with
water an artificial mineral is created, cement stone.

https://www.vvmcem.be/en/products/description-cement

Compressive strength is defined as the maximum compressive load, divided by its cross-sectional area,
to make it fail.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/compressive-strength

Structure - organization of parts as dominated by the general character of the whole

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Reinforcement - something designed to provide additional strength

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Fish scales - a defect in enamel on sheet iron characterized by blistering and the detachment of small
flakes of enamel

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Drainage - is the system or process by which water or other liquids are drained from a place

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Admixture - is defined as “a material other than water, aggregates, cementitious materials, and fiber
reinforcement, used as an ingredient of a cementitious mixture to modify its freshly mixed, setting, or
hardened properties and that is added to the batch before or during its mixing” (ACI Committee 212,
2010).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/admixture

Yield strength or yield point of a material is defined in engineering and materials science as the stress at
which a material begins to deform plastically.

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Fine aggregates consist of natural sand or any crushed stone particles that are ¼” or smaller. This
product is often referred to as 1/4’” minus as it refers to the size, or grading, of this particular aggregate.

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Gradation - a series forming successive stages

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Milling machine - a machine tool on which work usually of metal secured to a carriage is shaped by
rotating milling cutters

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ASTM C 496-17(Standard Test Method for Splitti ng Tensile Strength of Cylindrical Concrete
Specimens) - This test method covers the determination of the splitting tensile strength of cylindrical
concrete specimens, such as molded cylinders and drilled cores

https://www.astm.org/Standards/C496