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