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Concrete Mix Design, Quality Control and Specification (4th Ed.)
Authors: Day Ken W., Aldred James, Hudson Barry
Language: EnglishSubjects for Concrete Mix Design, Quality Control and Specification:
Keywords
Geopolymer Concrete; RHA; fly; Autogenous Shrinkage; ash; Silica Fume; fume; Moisture Content; ground; Fa; granulated; Average Pair Difference; blast-furnace; Delayed Ettringite Formation; slag; Cusum Graphs; autogenous; Coarse Aggregate; shrinkage; Fly Ash Concrete; higher; Fly Ash; Self-compacting Concrete; High Strength Concrete; Natural Sand; Cash Penalty; Fine Aggregates; Synthetic Admixtures; Chloride Diffusion; Silica Fume Concrete; Early Age Test; Rice Husk; Natural Pozzolans; Steel Slag Aggregate; AASHTO M194
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The nature of concrete is rapidly changing, and with it, there are rising concerns. Thoroughly revised and updated, thisfourth edition ofConcrete Mix Design, Quality Control and Specification addresses current industry practices that provide inadequate durability and fail to eliminate problems with underperforming new concrete and defective testing.
Many specifications now require additional criteria in an attempt to improve durability or other properties. This book discusses the trend towards adding performance requirements to existing prescriptive specifications. It also explores the matter of prescription versus performance specification and especially the specification of non-strength-related performance such as durability.
What?s new in the Fourth Edition:
- Examines water-to-cement ratio as a declining criterion of quality and durability
- Discusses the diminishing availability of suitable natural sands and growing industry concerns regarding the environmental impact of their use
- Considers advances in concrete admixtures and their ever-increasing use
- Advocates reliability of testing as a vital feature of the shift from prescriptive to performance specifications
- Addresses cement replacement materials as they relate to greenhouse gas and sustainability
Concrete Mix Design, Quality Control and Specification
Advice to specifiers. Cementitious Materials. Aggregates for concrete. Chemical admixtures. Properties of concrete. Specification. Testing. Mix design. Statistical analysis. Quality control. Unchanging concepts. Trouble shooting. Concrete future.
Ken W. Day has, in his long career, held positions as a university lecturer and a structural designer, and in production, R&D, and management in the precast and ready mixed concrete industries. He ran his own consultancy for thirty years.
James Aldred is Technical Director at AECOM, one of the world’s largest engineering firms. He was the Independent Verifier for the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Barry Hudson is Director of Competency Center Materials at Heidelberg Cement in charge of concrete and aggregates operations for several major ready mix organisations in several countries.