Description:

Based on the Institute of Concrete Technology’s Advanced Concrete Technology Course, these four volumes (Including Book 2: Advanced Concrete Technology: Concrete Properties) are a comprehensive educational and reference resource for the concrete materials technologist. An expert international team of authors from research, academia and industry has been brought together to produce this unique series. Each volume deals with a different aspect of the subject: constituent materials, properties, processes and testing and quality. With worked examples, case studies and illustrations throughout, the books will be a key reference for the concrete specialist for years to come.

Key Features

Expert international authorship ensures the series is authoritative
Case studies and worked examples help the reader apply their knowledge to practice
Comprehensive coverage of the subject gives the reader all the necessary reference material

Readership

Practitioners in the concrete and cement industry. Academics and postgraduate students of civil engineering and related subjects
Table of Contents

FRESH CONCRETE: Rheology of concentrated suspensions, pastes, mortars and concretes; workability, segregation and bleeding. Theory and principles governing the correct placing and compaction of concrete

SETTING AND HARDENING CONCRETE: Plastic settlement and plastic shrinkage; exothermic characteristics; early age thermal movements; Curing Strength development; maturity, accelerated curing; assessment of safe stripping times; Hot and cold weather concreting.