Definitive reference on concrete technology covers fundamentals and detailed information on freshly mixed and
hardened concrete. Extensively updated and expanded, this new edition discusses materials for concrete, such as
portland cements, supplementary cementing materials, aggregates, admixtures and fibers; air entrainment; procedures
for mix proportioning, batching, mixing, transporting, handling, placing, consolidating, finishing, and curing
concrete; precautions necessary during hot- and cold-weather concreting; causes and methods of controlling volume
changes; commonly used control tests for quality concrete; special types of concrete, such as high-performance,
lightweight, heavyweight, no-slump, roller-compacted, shotcrete, mass concrete and many more. Applicable ASTM,
AASHTO, and ACI standards are referred to extensively.
Abstract: Topics include portland cement manufacture, types (including blended hydraulic cements), and chemical
composition.
Cement fineness, soundness, setting time, compressive strength, and heat of hydration are also covered. Describes
supplementary cementing materials such as fly ash, slag and silica fume. Gives tolerable impurity levels in mixing
water. Discusses coarse- and fine-aggregate grading, shape and surface texture, unit weight, specific gravity,
absorption, freeze-thaw resistance, abrasion resistance, alkali reactivity, and thermal properties.
Effects of air-entraining agents, water-reducers, retarders, and accelerators. Properties of air-entrained concrete
and factors affecting air content are also covered. Sections on proportioning from field data and trial mixtures
give numerical examples. Effects of water-cement ratio, cement content, and air content are illustrated. Production
topics include batching, mixing, transporting, and handling.
Construction topics include forms, placing, vibration, finishing, jointing, and curing. Hot-weather and cold-weather
concreting, including effects of temperature extremes on concrete properties.
Volume changes caused by loads or by temperature or moisture content variations. Describes tests for slump, air
content, temperature, and unit weight of fresh concrete, plus strength, durability, and permeability of hardened
concrete. Nondestructive tests are also described.
Special concretes are discussed; high-performance concretes are covered in detail. Includes eighteen chapters and
a comprehensive index.