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High Performance Concrete

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High Performance Concrete

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High Performance Concrete book

High Performance Concrete

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High Performance Concrete book

ByPierre-Claude Aïtcin
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1998
eBook Published 2 July 1998
Pub. Location London
Imprint CRC Press
DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420022636
Pages 624
eBook ISBN 9780429204074
Subjects Engineering & Technology
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Aïtcin, P.-C. (1998). High Performance Concrete (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203475034

ABSTRACT

A complete review of the fast-developing topic of high performance concrete (HPC) by one of the leading researchers in the field. It covers all aspects of HPC from materials, properties and technology, to construction and testing. The book will be valuable for all concrete technologists and construction engineers wishing to take advantage of the re

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|6 pages

Terminology: some personal choices

chapter 2|15 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|13 pages

A historical perspective

chapter 4|49 pages

The high-performance concrete rationale

chapter 5|17 pages

High-performance concrete principles

chapter 6|61 pages

Review of the relevant properties of some ingredients of high-performance concrete

chapter 7|53 pages

Materials selection

chapter 8|50 pages

High-performance mix design methods

chapter 9|20 pages

Producing high-performance concrete

chapter 10|14 pages

Preparation for concreting: what to do, how to do it and when to do it

chapter 11|12 pages

Delivering, placing and controlling high-performance concrete

chapter 12|27 pages

Curing high-performance concrete to minimize shrinkage

chapter 13|11 pages

Properties of fresh concrete

chapter 14|24 pages

Temperature increase in high-performance concrete

chapter 15|50 pages

Testing high-performance concrete

chapter 16|35 pages

Mechanical properties of high-performance concrete

chapter 17|52 pages

The durability of high-performance concrete

chapter 18|35 pages

Special high-performance concretes

chapter 19|11 pages

Ultra high-strength cement-based materials

chapter 20|8 pages

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