Properties, Specifications, and Testing To order this title, and for more information, click here Second Edition
By Sandor Popovics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Description This book presents an in-depth approach to concrete ingredients and their relationships to concrete by discussing their properties, pertinent
test methods, specifications, proper use and selection, and solutions to problems in practice.
The approach is practice oriented, and
the book assists in the improved application of concrete through a thorough understanding of its ingredients. This is aided by the discussion
of certain fundamental aspects and relationships in quantitative forms, and by also presenting the interpretation of research and experience.
An extensive bibliography is included.
The book is a current, organized summary of knowledge concerning concrete-making materials, which
will enable the engineer/user to make the best possible product using these materials.
Contents 1. Introduction
2. Portland Cement - Types, Properties and Specifications
Summary
2.1 Introduction
2.2 History of Portland Cement
2.3 Manufacture
2.4 Composition of Portland Cement Clinker
2.5 Types of Portland Cement
2.6 Blended Portland Cements
2.7 Technically
Important Properties of Portland Cement - Testing and Specifications
2.8 Uniformity of Cements
2.9 Sampling
2.10 Storage of Cements
3. Hydration of Portland Cement
Summary
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Reactions in Early Hydration and Setting
3.3 Reactions in the Hardening
Process
3.4 Mechanism of Hydration
3.5 Structure of the Cement Paste
3.6 Effect of Cement Composition on the Strength Development
- Mathematical Models
4. Hydraulic Cements Other Than Standard Portland
Summary
4.1 Introduction
4.2 High-Alumina Cement
4.3
Expansive Cement
4.4 Special Portland Cements
4.5 Other Hydraulic Cementing Materials
4.6 Latent Hydraulic Materials
4.7 Fly
Ash and Silica Fume
4.8 Selection of Cements
4.9 Future of Cements
5. Water
Summary
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Mixing Water
5.3
Water for Curing and Washing
6. Admixtures
Summary
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Classification
6.3 Air-Entraining Admixtures
6.4 Accelerating
Admixtures
6.5 Water-Reducing Admixtures and Set-Controlling Admixtures
6.6 Polymers
6.7 Other Chemical Admixtures
6.8 Finely
Divided Mineral Admixtures
6.9 Storage, Sampling, and Testing
6.10 Future of Admixtures
7. Mineral Aggregates - General
Summary
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Classification of Aggregates
7.3 Sampling of Aggregates
8. Mineral Aggregates - Physical Properties
Summary
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Specific Gravity and Solid Volume
8.3 Absorption, Moisture Content, and Permeability
8.4 Unit Weight, Voids
Content, and Bulking
8.5 Strength, Toughness, Hardness, and Deformability
8.6 Thermal Properties
8.7 Durability and Soundness
8.8 Porosity in Aggregates
8.9 Wear and Skid Resistance
9. Chemical Properties of Aggregates
Summary
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Deleterious
Materials
9.3 Reactivity of Concrete Aggregates
9.4 Deterioration of Aggregates by Chemical Attacks from Outside
10. Geometric Properties
of Aggregates
Summary
10.1 Shape and Surface Texture of Particles
10.2 Particle Size
10.3 Sieves and Screens
10.4 Grading
10.5 Sieve Test
10.6 Grading Curves
10.7 Grading Representation in Triangular Diagram
10.8 Numerical Characterization of Grading
10.9 Average Particle Size of the Complete Grading
11. Fineness Modulus and Specific Surface
Summary
11.1 Fineness Modulus
11.2
Experimental Justification of the Fineness Modulus
11.3 Optimum Fineness Moduli
11.4 Specific Surface
11.5 Critique of the Specific
Surface and Other Numerical Characteristics
11.6 Attempts to Improve Numerical Grading Characterization
12. Grading Evaluation and
Specification
Summary
12.1 Grading Evaluation
12.2 Grading Specification in General
12.3 Specification of Maximum Particle Size
12.4 Specification of the Sand and Fine Sand Contents
12.5 Specification of the Grading Curve
12.6 Grading Specification with Limit
Curves
12.7 Grading Specification on Percentage Passing-Retained Basis
12.8 Grading Specifications with Particular Conditions
12.9
Specifications with Fineness Modulus
12.10 Critical Comparison of Various Methods for Grading Evaluation
13. Internal Structure of
Concrete and its Optimization
Summary
13.1 Aggregate Grading and the Internal Structure of Concrete
13.2 Need for Blending Aggregates
13.3 General Theory of Blending
13.4 Improvement of Grading
13.5 Blending of Two Aggregates
13.6 Graphical Methods for Blending
Proportions
13.7 Graphical Method by Rothfuchs
13.8 British Method
13.9 The Triangular Method
13.10 Critical Comparison of the
Methods for Blending Proportions
14. Lightweight and Heavyweight Aggregates
Summary
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Lightweight Aggregates
14.3 Types of Lightweight Aggregates
14.4 Possible Problems Related to Lightweight Aggregates
14.5 Requirements and Test Methods
for Lightweight Aggregates
14.6 Heavyweight Aggregates
14.7 Possible Problems Related to Heavyweight Aggregates
14.8 Requirements
and Test Methods for Heavyweight Aggregates
15. Handling and Selection of Aggregates
Summary
15.1 Aggregate Handling
15.2 Selection
of Aggregates
15.3 Future of Aggregates
Bibliography
Index
Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 674 pages, publication date: DEC-1992
ISBN-13: 978-0-8155-1308-7
ISBN-10: 0-8155-1308-9
Imprint: WILLIAM ANDREW
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