Concrete: Microstructure, Properties, and Materials

Part I: Microstructure and Properties of Hardened Concrete
Ch. 1. Introduction
Ch. 2. Microstructure of Concrete
Ch. 3. Strength
Ch. 4. Dimensional Stability
Ch. 5. Durability
Part II. Concrete Materials, Mix Proportioning, and Early-Age Properties
Ch. 6. Hydraulic Cements
Ch. 7. Aggregates

THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND CURRENT GUIDE TO THE PROPERTIES, BEHAVIOR, AND TECHNOLOGY OF CONCRETE

This thoroughly updated edition contains new information on:

• Recently built construction projects worldwide
• Shrinkage-reducing admixtures
• Self-consolidating concrete, pervious concrete, internal curing, and other cutting-edge innovations
• Modeling of ice formation and alkali-aggregate reaction in concrete
• Environmental impact of concrete

Each chapter begins with a preview of the contents and ends with a self-test and a guide for further reading. More than 300 drawings and photographs illustrate the topics discussed in this definitive text on concrete.

Comprehensive coverage includes:

• Microstructure of concrete
• Strength
• Dimensional stability
• Durability
• Hydraulic cements
• Aggregates
• Admixtures
• Proportioning concrete mixtures
• Concrete at early age
• Nondestructive methods
• Progress in concrete technology
• Advances in concrete mechanics
• Global warming and concrete in the future