Concrete: Microstructure, Properties, and Materials / Edition 4

by Paulo J. M. Monteiro, P. Kumar Mehta

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071797870
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	11/12/2013
Pages:	704
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Paulo J. M. Monteiro (Berkeley, CA), professor and group leader of the Structural Engineering Mechanics and Materials Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, received his engineering degree from the University of Sao Paulo and master and Ph.D. degrees from U.C. Berkeley. Dr. Monteiro's professional experience includes working on a number of projects using mass concrete. Recent projects include working with roller-compacted concrete and architectural concrete. At U.C. Berkeley, he and his students are creating micromechanical models, characterizing deleterious reactions in concrete, and developing new microscopic techniques, such as low-temperature scanning electron microscopy, soft x-ray microscopy, and direction cooling. Dr. Monteiro has published over one hundred articles in archival journals.

P. Kumar Mehta, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, at the University of California at Berkeley. The recipient of the Berkeley Citation—the highest honor for contributions to his field and to the University—Dr. Mehta is an Honorary Member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and is a member of its Committee on Sustainable Development.

Paulo J. M. Monteiro, Ph.D., is Roy W. Carlson Distinguished Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley and Faculty Scientist, Department of Materials, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Dr. Monteiro is a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and of the American Concrete Institute (ACI). He has authored and co-authored numerous journal articles, conference proceedings, and reports in addition to having co-authored the Second and Third editions of Concrete: Structure, Properties, and Materials.

Table of Contents

Part 1 - MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF HARDENED CONCRETE
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Microstructure of Concrete
Chapter 3: Strength
Chapter 4: Dimensional Stability
Chapter 5: Durability
PART 2 - CONCRETE: MATERIALS, MIX PROPORTIONING, AND EARLY-AGE PROPERTIES
Chapter 6: Hydraulic Cements
Chapter 7: Aggregates
Chapter 8: Admixtures
Chapter 9: Proportioning Concrete Mixtures
Chapter 10: Concrete at Early Ages
Chapter 11: Non-Destructive Methods
PART3 - RECENT ADVANCES AND CONCRETE IN THE FUTURE
Chapter 12: Progress in Concrete Technology
Chapter 13: Advances in Concrete Mechanics
Chapter 14: The Future Challenges in Concrete Technology
INDEX