Why is internal poker vibration with slow vertical withdrawal preferred to static immersion in deep columns?
Choices
- (A) It deletes all need for external vibrators
- (B) Vertical motion releases entrapped air and blends lifts without leaving cold joints at one elevation
- (C) It removes code requirements for water reducers
- (D) Columns never require consolidation
Correct answer: (B)
Vertical motion releases entrapped air and blends lifts without leaving cold joints at one elevation
Explanation
Withdrawal motion prevents horizontal cold planes between lifts.