书目

StrengthandRelatedPropertiesofConcrete:AQuantitativeApproach

内容简介

QuantitativetoolsforevaluatingandimprovingthestrengthofconcreteConcreteisacomplexmaterialofvitalimportancetothecivilengineeringandconstructionindustries.StrengthandRelatedPropertiesofConcreteaddressesthemostimportantsinglepropertyofconcrete––itsstrength––withthegoalofcontributingtoconcrete′stechnicalandeconomicalimprovement.Thebookisuniqueincontaining,inasinglevolume,allofthequantitativetoolsneededtoevaluate,understand,andimproveconcretequality.Thishands–onguidedemonstrateshowtofine–tunethecompositionofconcretetomaximizeitsstrength.Itpresentsthebestnumericalrelationshipsforconcretetechnologythatarecurrentlyavailable,examinesthemexperimentally,andillustratestheirpracticalapplications.Italsoprovidesabasisforimprovingboththefundamentalsofconcretetechnologyandthewaythistechnologyistaughttoengineeringstudents.Computerizedformulasforstrengthtestingareincludedonafloppydisk.Topicscoveredinclude:?Provenmethodsfortestingcompressivestrength?Importantrelationshipsbetweencompositionandstrengthofconcrete?Timelyapplicationsofadvancedcement–basedmaterials?Elasticdeformationsofconcrete?EssentialpropertiesofcementpastesAnyoneinvolvedinconcretetechnology,fromengineerstoconcretemanufacturers,willfindthispracticalreferencebookanindispensabletool.

作者简介

S?NDORPOPOVICS,ProfessorofCivilEngineeringatDrexelUniversity,isaninternationallyknownauthorityonconcretetechnology.Hehaswrittenover150technicalpublications,includingfourbooks.HeisaFellowoftheAmericanConcreteInstituteandtheAmericanSocietyofCivilEngineers.HereceivedhisPhDinhighwayengineeringatPurdueUniversity.

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