Workability and Quality Control of Concrete
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Workability and Quality Control of Concrete

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Workability and Quality Control of Concrete

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Fresh concrete must be produced with the properties required for its intended applications, for example, it must be workable enough to flow into formwork, and to be compacted. This book deals with the measurement of the flow properties of fresh concrete and the factors which affect its workability. Aspects of concrete mixes and control of manufactu

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Chapter 1: The importance of workability
  9. Chapter 2: Standard tests for workability
  10. Chapter 3: Flow properties of fresh concrete
  11. Chapter 4: Principles of measurement
  12. Chapter 5: The two-point workability test
  13. Chapter 6: Workability expressed in terms of two constants
  14. Chapter 7: Extremely low-workability concretes
  15. Chapter 8: Factors affecting workability: Time and properties of mix components
  16. Chapter 9: Effect of mix proportions
  17. Chapter 10: Effect of chemical admixtures
  18. Chapter 11: Effect of cement replacements and fibres
  19. Chapter 12: Workability and practical processes
  20. Chapter 13: Specification of workability
  21. Chapter 14: Workability measurement as a means of quality control
  22. Chapter 15: Epilogue
  23. Glossary
  24. Appendix : BS 5328:1990
  25. Conversion factors
  26. Author index
  27. Subject index