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Books : Professional & Technical : Engineering : Materials : Concrete
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With its accessible approach and streamlined coverage of theory, engineers will quickly learn how to apply the concepts in the eighth edition. The contents have been updated to conform to the 2008 building code of the American Concrete Institute (ACI 318-08). New spreadsheets are included that arm the reader with tools to analyze and design reinforced concrete elements and quickly compare alternative solutions. A new chapter on seismic design explores the issues related to the design of reinforced concrete structures to resist earthquakes. The new materials section also provides engineers with details and examples on how to design shear walls for combined axial load and bending moment.
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Covers the art and science of concrete in a simple, clear and scientific manner - emphasizing structure-property relations. This text presents concrete from the point of view of the professional engineer charged with designing and building facilities of concrete. In the new edition there is clearer coverage of viscoelastic behaviour of concrete, and a comprehensive treatment of thermal shrinkage and stresses. Plastic settlement cracks and crazing are described, and information on the advances in concrete mechanics and technology of structural lightweight concrete is presented.
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Concrete text with a materials science orientation. Presents a unified view of concrete behavior in light of underlying chemical and physical principles.
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This is a comprehensive guide to autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) for designers, specifiers, users and manufacturers. It provides a model code of practice for the structural use of AAC and provides designers with a complete guide to the structural use of AAC in structural applications in building.
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Since the publication of the first edition ten years ago, significant developments have occurred in the use of admixtures in concrete. Eight new chapters and a full update of the preceding ten chapters bring this book up to date; reflecting the relative advances made in the science and technology of different groups of admixtures. The increased role and development of admixtures in concrete technology is evidenced by a number of conferences, publications, and novel admixtures available in the market place.
These developments in the field caused the modification of many chapters in the first edition in order to reflect the advances. Although individual chapters refer to standards and specifications of admixtures, those only interested in the standards or techniques used in investigating admixtures will find the second chapter (Research Technologies, Standards, and Specifications) useful. Admixtures are not as inert as may be presumed. They may chemically interact with the constituents of concrete and affect the properties of the fresh and hardened concrete and its durability. The third chapter deals with these aspects. It was important to devote a chapter to recent attempts in developing new admixtures.
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This book presents an extensive look into developments in concrete architecture in the twenty-first century. International examples testify to the creative possibilities of this fascinating building material.
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The Romans used an early type of concrete made with natural pozzuolanic cement more than 2,000 years ago. Today, Portland Cement Concrete is the most important material of construction. Yet few books, if any, exist that offer an in-depth analysis of the mixing and testing methods of this vital hydraulic cement. Until now that is. Engineered Concrete: Mix Design and Test Methods helps engineers, as well as laboratory technicians, grasp a better understanding of Portland Cement and Portland Cement Concrete.The book is divided into several sections, with the first, Mix Design Procedures, explaining how concrete batches are designed, mixed, and measured for various consistencies. Another section details the tests of the primary component materials of concrete other than water - namely Portland Cement, aggregates, and mortar - while the final section includes some of the fundamental concrete testing procedures for different strength parameters in conformity with the standards of the American Society for Testing Materials. While focusing solely on Portland Cement, the book also includes information on other hydraulic cementitious materials and additives because of their modern applications. Solidly researched and written, Engineered Concrete: Mix Design and Test Methods provides a clear understanding of mix design and testing of Portland Cement Concrete. As every civil engineer knows, it is the most versatile and important material of construction, and will probably remain so as far into the future as we can see.
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The design of structures in general, and prestressed concrete structures in particular, requires considerably more information than is contained in building codes. A sound understanding structural behaviour at all stages of loading is essential. The aim of this book is to present a detailed description and explanation of the behaviour of prestressed concrete members and structures both at service loads and at ultimate loads and, in doing so, provide a comprehensive guide to design. The design criteria and procedures contained in several major building codes, including ACI 318-83, BS 8110:1985, and AS 3600-1988, are also presented. Each aspect of the analysis and design of fully-prestressed and partially-prestressed concrete members is approached from first principles and illustrated by worked examples. The text is written for senior undergraduate and post-graduate students of civil and structural engineering and also for practising structural engineers.
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Mortar and concrete made with portland cement has been a popular construction material in the world for the past 170 years or more. However, cement mortar and concrete have some disadvantages such as delayed hardening, low tensile strength, large drying shrinkage and low chemical resistance. To reduce these disadvantages, polymers have been utilized as an additive.
Polymer-modified or polymer cement mortar (PCM) and concrete (PCC) are the materials which are made by partially replacing the cement hydrate binders of conventional cement mortar or concrete, with polymers. This book deals with the principles of polymer modification for cement composites, the process technology, properties and applications of the polymer-modified mortar and concrete, and special polymer-modified systems such as M DF cement, antiwashout underwater concrete, polymer-ferrocement, and artificial I wood.
The polymeric admixtures or cement modifiers include latexes or emulsions, redispersible polymer powders, water-soluble polymers, liquid resins and monomers.
This book describes the current knowledge and information of polymer-modified mortars and concretes, and discusses or reviews the following items in detail:
1. Principles of polymer modification for cement composites.
2. Process technology of polymer-modified mortars and concretes.
3. Properties of polymer-modified mortars and concretes.
4. Applications of polymer-modified mortars and concretes.
5. Special polymer-modified systems such as MDF cements, antiwashout underwater concretes, polymer-ferrocements, and artificial woods.
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This book provides a general treatise covering precast concrete as a whole. It gives a comprehensive account of materials, properties, manufacture and usage.
Materials, processes, mix-designs, accelerated curing, performance, durablility and quality control, as well as repairs, are each discussed in their own right. Each section deals with a good practice approach and discusses at length the problems that can occur if such practice is not pursued.
This book gives useful information to those who want to learn, teach, specify, manufacture, use or be associated with precast concrete in virtually every aspect. Coupled with this the author ventures a gaze into the future as to the way he sees the industry developing.
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Since its publication in 1963, Properties of Concrete has been internationally acclaimed as the definitive work of reference on the subject. The fourth edition has been completely rewritten and updated to reflect advances in concrete technology over the past decade, yet it still retains the original aim of the book: to provide reliable, comprehensive and practical information on the properties and use of concrete and the selection of mix proportions, all based on scientific observations and the author's extensive engineering experience. The emphasis throughout is on understanding the behavior of concrete and relating it to physical and chemical phenomena involved in the performance of the material in service.
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Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials is the first in-depth text on the application of fracture mechanics to the analysis of failure in concrete structures. The book synthesizes a vast number of recent research results in the literature to provide a comprehensive treatment of the topic that does not give merely the facts - it provides true understanding. The many recent results on quasibrittle fracture and size effect, which were scattered throughout many periodicals, are compiled here in a single volume. This book presents a well-rounded discussion of the theory of size effect and scaling of failure loads in structures. The size effect, which is the most important practical manifestation of fracture behavior, has become a hot topic. It has gained prominence in current research on concrete and quasibrittle materials. The treatment of every subject in Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle Materials proceeds from simple to complex, from specialized to general, and is as concise as possible using the simplest level of mathematics necessary to treat the subject clearly and accurately. Whether you are an engineering student or a practicing engineer, this book provides you with a clear presentation, including full derivations and examples, from which you can gain real understanding of fracture and size effect in concrete and other quasibrittle materials.
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Provides important information on concrete and concrete-making materials. It is the revision to popular STP 169B, and provides 55 peer-reviewed chapters that reflect the concrete industry's special needs.
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This book gives a thorough presentation of this innovative method for the nondestructive investigation of the integrity of concrete structures by the engineers who invented and developed the process, and is a handbook supporting the proper use of the test instrument. The text, using occasional equations, presents in detail the theory behind a new, now thoroughly proven, method of structural testing. Examples of applied evaluations include delaminations, cracks, unconsolidated concrete, layered structures (including asphalt-covered), bonding, post-tensioned tendons, mine shaft and tunnel liners, and general integrity of masonry structures. Suitable for use as a college text. The Impact-Echo technique has been used for forensic studies of historic buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral, London, The Federal Reserve Building in New York, and the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington.
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Cementing is arguably the most important operation performed on a well. Well cementing technology is an amalgam of many interdependent scientific and engineering disciplines which are essential to achieve the primary goal of well cementing - zonal isolation. This textbook is a comprehensive and up-to-date reference concerning the application of these disciplines to cementing a well. ``Well Cementing'' is envisioned as an upper-level university book, as well as a reference for practicing engineers and scientists. The first section of the book illustrates how the quality of the hydraulic seal provided by the cement sheath can affect well performance. The second section concentrates on the design phase of a cementing treatment, and various aspects of cement job execution are covered in the third section. The fourth section addresses cement job evaluation. The text is supported by many tables and figures, an extensive bibliography and an index. There are also chapters devoted to subjects which are currently of particular interest to the industry, including the prevention of annular gas migration, foamed cements, and cementing horizontal wellbores.
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Information is presented on prestressed concrete. Benefication of aggregate by heavy-media separation, elastic fractionation and hydraulic jugging and benefication of sand through attrition are discussed. Currently a reexamination of the effect of maximum size aggregates is being made, and significant results to date are included. The use of water-reducing, set-retarding admixtures is sometimes advantageous. Their application and use, together with precautions to be considered, are described. Thermosetting plastics, principally epoxy resins, have great versatility. Their application to bonding of concrete and their use in minor repairs are presented.
Information is presented on the application of mortar lining and coating to steel pipe. Methods of test for pozzolan acceptance, evaluation tests for chemical admixtures, a test for lightweight particles in aggregate, and a relative humidity test for concrete masonry units are included for the first time as test designations. The section on concrete pipe manufacture and testing has been enlarged to reflect changes in specifications. A checklist of inspection items for field construction, which should be helpful to inspectors, is included.
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Special inorganic cements need to be used instead of standard Portland cement in certain specialist applications, such as oil well drilling or in a high temperature location. In other cases they might allow for lower production costs or a reduction in enviromental damage. No other book is dedicated to this subject, and it draws together information which is widely scattered in the technical literature. The various special cements are described, and their chemistry and mineralogy is outlined along with the appropriate manufacturing processes, their hydration and hydration properties, and their applications.
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This book/disk package discusses the numerous variations that occur in the strength of concrete and offers numerical methods for interpreting these variations. It also examines compressive strengths, the relationship between composition and strength of concrete, advanced cement-based materials, elastic deformation of concrete and cement pastes.