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 Special Indian Edition
Description
Contents
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