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

Title: Concrete : Microstructure, Properties, and Materials, 4th Edition
Author: , Paulo J.M. Monteiro
ISBN: 933920476X / 9789339204761
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 680
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Year: 2014
Availability: Out of Stock
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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

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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