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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.