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