Properties of Concrete / Fourth and Final Edition
- 4th
- Pearson Education, 1995
- 844
This book provides reliable, comprehensive and practical information on the properties and use of concrete, and the selection of mix proportions, all based on scientific observations and the author's extensive engineering experience. Preface, Acknowledgements, Portland Cement, Cementitious Materials of Different Types, Properties of Aggregate, Fresh Concrete, Admixtures, Strength of Concrete, Further Aspects of Hardened Concrete, Temperature Effects in Concrete, Elasticity and Shrinkage and Creep, Durability of Concrete, Effects of Freezing and Thawing and of Chlorides, Testing of Hardened Concrete, Concretes with Particular Properties, Selection of Concrete Mix Proportions (Mix Design), Appendices, Name and Subject Index.