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" Concrete : "
Adam Neville.
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BL
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961942
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b716312
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Neville, Adam M.
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Concrete : : Neville's insights and issues /\ Adam Neville.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Thomas Telford,, 2006.
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vi, 314 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0727734687
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: 9780727734686
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Understanding the water-cement ratio -- Sect. 2.1. How the water-cement ration affects concrete strength -- Sect. 2.2. How closely can we determine the water-cement ratio of hardened concrete? -- Sect. 2.3. Court decision on the use of the optical flourescence microscopy test -- Ch. 3. High-alumina cement -- Sect. 3.1. Draft standard for high-alumina cement : should it tell us how to make concrete? -- Sect. 3.2. Revised guidance on structural use of high-alumina cement -- Sect. 3.3. Should high-alumina cement be re-introduced into design codes? -- Ch. 4. Durability issues -- Sect. 4.1. Can we determine the age of cracks by measuring carbonation? Part I -- Sect. 4.2. Can we determine the age of cracks by measuring carbonation? Part II -- Sect. 4.3. The confused world of sulfate attack on concrete -- Sect. 4.4. Sulfate in the soil and concrete foundations -- Sect. 4.5. Background to minimizing alkali-silica reaction in concrete -- Ch. 5. Behavior in service -- Sect. 5.1. Which way do cracks run? -- Addendum -- Sect. 5.2. Some aspects of sustainability -- Sect. 5.3. Requirements for residential slabs on grade : approach of ACI and of uniform and international codes -- Sect. 5.4. Requirements for residential slabs on grade : who selects the mix? -- Ch. 6. General issues -- Sect. 6.1. Concrete : from mix selection to the finished structure -- problems en route -- Sect. 6.2. Workmanship and design -- Sect. 6.3. Relevance of litigation to the structural engineer -- Sect. 6.4. Violation of codes -- Sect. 6.5. Gender in concrete -- Ch. 7. An overview -- Sect. 7.1. Concrete : 40 years of progress?? -- Sect. 7.2. Looking back on concrete in the last century -- Sect. 7.3. Concrete past and present -- Sect. 7.4. The future -- Sect. 7.5. A farewell to concrete.
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Concrete.
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Béton.
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Concrete.
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Résistance des matériaux.
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| Dewey Classification
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624.1834
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TA439.N457 2006
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