Concrete : Microstructure, Properties, and Materials, 4th Edition

THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND CURRENT GUIDE TO THE PROPERTIES, BEHAVIOR, AND TECHNOLOGY OF CONCRETE

This thoroughly updated edition contains new information on:

• Recently built construction projects worldwide
• Shrinkage-reducing admixtures
• Self-consolidating concrete, pervious concrete, internal curing, and other cutting-edge innovations
• Modeling of ice formation and alkali-aggregate reaction in concrete
• Environmental impact of concrete

Each chapter begins with a preview of the contents and ends with a self-test and a guide for further reading. More than 300 drawings and photographs illustrate the topics discussed in this definitive text on concrete.

Comprehensive coverage includes:

• Microstructure of concrete
• Strength
• Dimensional stability
• Durability
• Hydraulic cements
• Aggregates
• Admixtures
• Proportioning concrete mixtures
• Concrete at early age
• Nondestructive methods
• Progress in concrete technology
• Advances in concrete mechanics
• Global warming and concrete in the future

Foreword
Preface

Part I : Microstructure and Properties of Hardened Concrete
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Microstructure of Concrete
Chapter 3 : Strength
Chapter 4 : Dimensional Stability
Chapter 5 : Durability

Part II : Concrete Materials, Mix Proportioning, and Early-Age Properties
Chapter 6 : Hydraulic Cements
Chapter 7 : Aggregates
Chapter 8 : Admixtures
Chapter 9 : Proportioning Concrete Mixtures
Chapter 10 : Concrete at Early Age
Chapter 11 : Nondestructive Methods

Part III : Advances in Concrete Technology
Chapter 12 : Special Types of Concrete
Chapter 13 : Concrete Mechanics
Chapter 14 : Concrete in the Era of Global Warming and Sustainability

Index