Civil Engineering Materials
From Theory to Practice
- 1st Edition - May 13, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Qiang Yuan, Zanqun Liu, Keren Zheng, Cong Ma
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 8 6 5 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 0 7 7 - 0
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Request a sales quoteCivil Engineering Materials: From Theory to Practice presents the state-of-the-art in civil engineering materials, including the fundamental theory of materials needed for civil engineering projects and unique insights from decades of large-scale construction in China. The title includes the latest advances in new materials and techniques for civil engineering, showing the relationship between composition, structure and properties, and covering ultra-high-performance concrete and self-compacting concrete developed in China. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the most commonly used, most advanced materials for use in civil engineering.
This volume consists of eight chapters covering the fundamentals of materials, inorganic cementing materials, Portland cement concrete, bricks, blocks and building mortar, metal, wood, asphalt and polymers.
- Describes the most commonly used civil engineering materials and updates on advanced materials
- Presents advanced materials and their applications in civil engineering
- Looks at engineering problems pragmatically from both a materials and civil engineering perspective
- Gives knowledge and guidance rooted in decades of experience in Chinese civil engineering projects
- Contextualises knowledge of civil engineering materials in infrastructure construction, including high-speed rail
Engineers, researchers, postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students in civil engineering, transportation, material sciences and related areas
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Fundamentals of materials
- 1.1. Composition and structure
- 1.2. Physical properties
- 1.3. Mechanical properties
- 1.4. Durability
- Exercises
- Chapter 2. Inorganic cementing materials
- 2.1. Portland cement
- 2.2. Calcium sulfoaluminate cement
- 2.3. Calcium aluminate cements
- 2.4. Alkali-activated cement
- 2.5. Magnesium-based cements
- Exercises
- Chapter 3. Portland cement concrete
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Types of concrete
- 3.3. Raw materials
- 3.4. Concrete at fresh state
- 3.5. Mechanical properties
- 3.6. Deformation
- 3.7. Durability
- 3.8. Mix design
- 3.9. Self-compacting concrete and its application in high-speed rail
- 3.10. Steam-cured concrete
- Exercises
- Chapter 4. Metal
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Structural steel
- 4.3. Standards and selection of building steel
- 4.4. Corrosion and prevention of steel
- 4.5. Nonferrous metals
- Exercises
- Chapter 5. Wood
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Structure and composition
- 5.3. Engineering properties
- 5.4. Wood-based composites
- 5.5. Durability
- Exercises
- Chapter 6. Polymers
- 6.1. Engineering plastics
- 6.2. Sealants
- 6.3. Adhesive
- 6.4. Fiber reinforced polymer
- Exercises
- Chapter 7. Asphalt
- 7.1. Asphalt cement
- 7.2. Liquid asphalts
- 7.3. Asphalt concrete
- Exercises
- Chapter 8. Cement-based composites
- 8.1. Cement asphalt composite
- 8.2. Ultrahigh-performance concrete
- Exercises
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 13, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 398
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128228654
- eBook ISBN: 9780128230770
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Qiang Yuan
Qiang Yuan is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, in China. He is the recipient of several important awards, and obtained his PhD from Ghent University. His research interests include the rheology, durability and mechanical properties of cement-based materials. He has authored more than 80 journal papers, four books, and one chapter, and has taught civil engineering materials for over a decade
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaZL
Zanqun Liu
Zanqun Liu is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, in China. He is the recipient of several important awards, and obtained his PhD from Ghent University. His research interests include the durability of cement-based materials and building materials. He has published more than 60 journal papers, and has taught civil engineering materials for over a decade.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaKZ
Keren Zheng
Keren Zheng is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, in China. He is the recipient of several important awards, obtaining his PhD from Southeast University, Nanjing. His research interests include new cementing materials, and he has authored over 60 journal papers. He has taught civil engineering materials for over a decade.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaCM
Cong Ma
Cong Ma is an Assistant Professor of college of civil and transportation engineering at Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong. Dr. Ma obtained his PhD degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2017. His research interests include new cementing materials. He has authored more than 40 journal papers
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaRead Civil Engineering Materials on ScienceDirect