Concrete & Cement Books

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1. Concrete Durability

   By Thomas Dyer

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-56475-5 | Hardback (Spon Press)

2. Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Design to EC2: The Complete Process, 2nd Edition

   By Eugene O'Brien, Andrew Dixon, Emma Sheils

   Concrete is an integral part of 21st century structural engineering and an understanding of how to analyse and design concrete structures is a vital part of your training as a structural engineer. With eurocode legislation increasingly replacing British Standards it’s also important to know how...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-57195-1 | Paperback (Spon Press)

3. Introduction to the Chemistry of Inorganic Cements

   By Karen Scrivener, Francis Young

   An invaluable resource for concrete technologists, as well as graduate and advanced undergraduate students of Civil Engineering. This book details the manufacture, setting and hardening, reaction products, structure of the hardened matrix, and degradation processes in a variety of inorganic cements...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-54801-4 | Paperback (Spon Press)

4. Water Transport in Brick, Stone and Concrete, 2nd Edition

   By Christopher Hall, W.D. Hoff

   This book provides a unified description of transport processes involving saturated and unsaturated flow in inorganic building materials and structures. The book emphasizes fundamental physics and materials science, mathematical description and experimental measurement as a basis for engineering...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-56467-0 | Hardback (Spon Press)

5. Concrete Repair: A Practical Guide

   Edited by Michael G. Grantham

   Concrete is an inherently complex material to produce and an even more complex material to repair. With growing pressure to maintain the built environment, and not simply to demolish and rebuild, the need to repair concrete buildings and other structures is increasing and is expected to become of...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-44734-8 | Hardback (Spon Press)

6. Resistance of Concrete to Chloride Ingress: Testing and Modelling

   By Luping Tang, Lars-Olof Nilsson, P A Muhammed Basheer

   Chloride ingress in reinforced concrete induces corrosion and consequent spalling and structural weakness, and it occurs world-wide and imposes an enormous cost. Yet it can be resisted by using test methods and relevant models for service life prediction. Resistance of Concrete to Chloride...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-48614-9 | Hardback (Spon Press)

7. Fiber and Fabric Reinforced Cement Composites: Manufacturing, Analysis, and Design

   By Barzin Mobasher

   Addressing the recent trends and future directions, this book presents new opportunities for developing innovative and cost-effective methods and products in cement and concrete composites manufacturing. By understanding, predicting, and controlling microstructural changes, mechanical and...

   March 2011 | 978-1-4398066-0-9 | Hardback (CRC Press)

8. Sustainability of Concrete

   By Pierre-Claude Aïtcin, Sidney Mindess

   Production of Portland cement is responsible for about 7% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The pressure to make the production of concrete more sustainable, or "greener", is considerable and increasing. This requires a wholesale shift in processes, materials and methods in the concrete...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-57196-8 | Hardback (Spon Press)

9. Concrete Face Rockfill Dams

   By Paulo Cruz, Bayardo Materon, Manoel Freitas Jr.

   Concrete Face Rockfill Dams presents the state-of-the-art of dam design and construction. This consulting guide presents all details and analyses of 28 large CRFD dams worldwide, including the highest dam in the world. In 12 chapters, the specialist information is provided on the concepts, designs,...

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-57869-1 | Hardback (CRC Press)
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    Concrete Under Severe Conditions

    Edited by Pedro Castro-Borges, Eric I. Moreno, Koji Sakai, O Gjorv, Nemkumar Banthia

    Global Climatic Change (GCC) is changing the way we manage and maintain our concrete infrastructure. For the last 15 years CONSEC conferences have strived to bring experts on a common platform to discuss and disseminate international expertise with respect to performance of concrete under severe...

    July 2010 | 978-0-415-59316-8 | Hardback (CRC Press)