
Advanced Concrete Technology 2
Concrete Properties
- 1st Edition - October 31, 2003
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Editors: John Newman, B S Choo
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 7 2 0 5 - 3
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 5 1 0 4 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 9 0 0 0 - 7
Based on the Institute of Concrete Technology's Advanced Concrete Technology Course, these four volumes are a comprehensive educational and reference resource for the concrete… Read more

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Request a sales quoteBased on the Institute of Concrete Technology's Advanced Concrete Technology Course, these four volumes are a comprehensive educational and reference resource for the concrete materials technologist. An expert international team of authors from research, academia and industry has been brought together to produce this unique series. Each volume deals with a different aspect of the subject: constituent materials, properties, processes and testing and quality. With worked examples, case studies and illustrations throughout, the books will be a key reference for the concrete specialist for years to come.
- Expert international authorship ensures the series is authoritative
- Case studies and worked examples help the reader apply their knowledge to practice
- Comprehensive coverage of the subject gives the reader all the necessary reference material
Practitioners in the concrete and cement industry. Academics and postgraduate students of civil engineering and related subjects
FRESH CONCRETE: Rheology of concentrated suspensions, pastes, mortars and concretes; workability, segregation and bleeding. Theory and principles governing the correct placing and compaction of concrete
SETTING AND HARDENING CONCRETE: Plastic settlement and plastic shrinkage; exothermic characteristics; early age thermal movements; Curing
Strength development; maturity, accelerated curing; assessment of safe stripping times; Hot and cold weather concreting.
PROPERTIES OF HARDENED CONCRETE: Strength; deformation under load; elasticity; Creep; drying shrinkage and other volume changes, thermal properties
DURABILITY OF CONCRETE AND CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION: Durability concepts; pore structure and transport processes; Reinforcement corrosion; Fire resistance; Frost damage; Acid, soft water and sulphate attack. Delayed ettringite formation; Alkali silica reaction; Methods of providing durable concrete; short-term tests to assess long-term behaviour. Specifying and achieving cover to reinforcement
SETTING AND HARDENING CONCRETE: Plastic settlement and plastic shrinkage; exothermic characteristics; early age thermal movements; Curing
Strength development; maturity, accelerated curing; assessment of safe stripping times; Hot and cold weather concreting.
PROPERTIES OF HARDENED CONCRETE: Strength; deformation under load; elasticity; Creep; drying shrinkage and other volume changes, thermal properties
DURABILITY OF CONCRETE AND CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION: Durability concepts; pore structure and transport processes; Reinforcement corrosion; Fire resistance; Frost damage; Acid, soft water and sulphate attack. Delayed ettringite formation; Alkali silica reaction; Methods of providing durable concrete; short-term tests to assess long-term behaviour. Specifying and achieving cover to reinforcement
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 31, 2003
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- No. of pages: 352
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780080972053
- Hardback ISBN: 9780750651042
- eBook ISBN: 9780080490007
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John Newman
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Civil Engineering, Imperial College, London, UKBC
B S Choo
Affiliations and expertise
School of the Built Environment, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK