Civil Engineering Materials
- 2nd Edition - January 1, 2029
- Latest edition
- Authors: Peter A. Claisse, Louay Mohammad, Tim Davis
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 9 8 3 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 9 8 8 7 - 4
Civil Engineering Materials explains why construction materials behave the way they do. It covers the construction materials content for undergraduate courses in civil engineering… Read more
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Civil Engineering Materials explains why construction materials behave the way they do. It covers the construction materials content for undergraduate courses in civil engineering and related subjects and serves as a valuable reference for professionals working in the construction industry. The book concentrates on demonstrating methods to obtain, analyze and use information rather than focusing on presenting large amounts of data. Beginning with basic properties of materials, it moves on to more complex areas such as the theory of concrete durability and corrosion of steel. This edition has been fully revised to better meet the needs of academic course use both in and outside the US, including adding more depth where appropriate, creating fewer chapters by combining several related shorter chapter, reorganizing the content to better match teaching syllabi, and adding ASTM standards.
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Discusses the broad scope of traditional, emerging, and non-structural materials
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Explains what material properties such as specific heat, thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity are and how they can be used to calculate the performance of construction materials.
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Contains numerous worked examples with detailed solutions that provide precise references to the relevant equations in the text.
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Includes a detailed section on how to write reports as well as a full section on how to use and interpret publications, giving students and early career professionals valuable practical guidance.
Primary market/audience (and market size, if known)
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Undergraduate students in civil and construction engineering programs; Navstem estimates the current US course market size to be 11,000 students per year.
Secondary market/audience:
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Early career civil engineers; researchers / US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated there were 326,800 civil engineers in the US in 2018, with expected job growth of 6% through 2028.
Applicable courses or exams
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Civil engineering materials; construction materials
Chapter 1: Units
Chapter 2: Strength of materials
• Chapter 3: Failure of real construction materials
• Chapter 4: Thermal properties
• Chapter 5: Pressure
• Chapter 6: Electrical properties
• Chapter 7: Chemistry of construction materials
• Chapter 8: Properties of fluids in solids
• Chapter 9: Transport of fluids in solids
• Chapter 10: Transport of ions in fluids
• Chapter 11: Ionising radiation
• Chapter 12: Variability and statistics
• Chapter 13: Use of test results
• Chapter 14: Specifications and standards
• Chapter 15: Reporting results
• Chapter 16: Testing construction materials
• Chapter 17: Introduction to cement and concrete
• Chapter 18: Cements and cement replacement materials
• Chapter 19: Aggregates for concrete and mortar
• Chapter 20: Hydration of cement
• Chapter 21: Concrete mix design
• Chapter 22: Testing wet and hardened concrete
• Chapter 23: Creep, shrinkage, and cracking of concrete
• Chapter 24: Admixtures for concrete
• Chapter 25: Durability of concrete structures
• Chapter 26: Production of durable concrete
• Chapter 27: Assessment of concrete structures
• Chapter 28: Mortars and grouts
• Chapter 29: Special concretes
• Chapter 30: Steel
• Chapter 31: Corrosion
• Chapter 32: Alloys and nonferrous metals
• Chapter 33: Timber
• Chapter 34: Masonry
• Chapter 35: Plastics
• Chapter 36: Glass
• Chapter 37: Bituminous materials
• Chapter 38: Composites
• Chapter 39: Adhesives and sealants
• Chapter 40: Comparison of different materials
• Chapter 41: New technologies
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: January 1, 2029
- Language: English
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Peter A. Claisse
Peter A. Claisse is Professor Emeritus at Coventry University and the author of more than 100 publications on construction and materials, including the Woodhead title Transport Properties of Concrete: Measurements and Applications. He graduated with a degree in Physics from Oxford University and then spent the next 9 years working as a Civil Engineer on major UK construction sites including 4 years on the Torness nuclear power station. After obtaining a PhD in Civil Engineering at Leeds University, studying Silica Fume in concrete, he then went to the AEA Technology Harwell laboratory for 3 years to work on Nuclear waste containment. He was at Coventry University for 20 years, teaching Civil Engineering Materials and researching transport processes in concrete and the use of secondary materials in cement.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Emeritus, Coventry University, UKLM
Louay Mohammad
Dr. Louay N. Mohammad is Irma-Louise Rush Stewart Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Louisiana State University as well as Director of the Engineering Materials Characterization Research Facility (EMCRF), a state-of the-art construction materials characterization laboratory established at the Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC). As Director of EMCRF, he is responsible for developing, conducting, managing and sustaining a pavement engineering materials research program, including a staff of three research associates, technician, and several undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Mohammad has also developed and conducted numerous workshops, seminars, and short courses for contractors, consultants, material suppliers, parish engineers, and DOT personnel, and he established a minor in transportation engineering within the undergraduate CEE curriculum. His research interests include highway construction materials, asphalt cement rheology, asphalt mixture design and analysis, pavement design and analysis, accelerated pavement testing, advanced materials characterization and modeling, pavement interface systems and testing, and infrastructure sustainability.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USATD
Tim Davis
Tim Davis is an Assistant Professor at Coventry University and has been an academic for more than 25 years, with a particular specialty and published research in the areas of Engineering Education and Structural Timber composites and connections. He currently leads the curriculum development and teaching of Civil Engineering Materials at Coventry. He graduated in Civil and Structural Engineering from Sheffield University, and worked as an Engineer in both the design and construction of buildings in the UK prior to joining Coventry University where he spent several years as Head of Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Building.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Coventry University, Coventry, UK