Document Outline

• BASICS OF CONCRETE SCIENCE
• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION. SHORT HISTORICAL ESSAY
  • 1. Antique concrete
  • 2. Pioneer research of cement concrete
  • 3. �Golden age� of concrete
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• CHAPTER 1. CONCRETE. RAW MATERIALS
  • 1.1. Concrete. General
  • 1.2. Binders. Classification. Nature of binding properties
  • 1.3.Portland cement and its types
  • 1.4. Hydraulic non portland cement binders
  • 1.5. Concrete aggregates
  • 1.6. Admixtures
  • 1.7. Mixing water
• CHAPTER 2. CONCRETE MIXTURES
  • 2.1. Structure and rheological properties
  • 2.2. Technological properties of concrete mixtures
  • 2.3. Consolidation (compaction) concrete
• CHAPTER 3. CONCRETE HARDENING AND STRUCTURE-FORMING
  • 3.1. Hardening and structure of cement stone
  • 3.2. Influence of aggregates on forming of concrete structure
  • 3.3. Influence of admixtures on concrete structure forming
  • 3.4. Optimization of concrete structure
• CHAPTER 4. CONCRETE STRENGTH
  • 4.1. Theories of strength and mechanism of destruction
  • 4.2. Law ( rule) of water-cement ratio
  • 4.3. Adhesion between aggregates and cement stone
  • 4.4. Influence of terms and duration of hardening concrete
  • 4.5. Kinds of strength. Tests for concrete strength
• CHAPTER 5. DEFORMATIONS OF CONCRETE
  • 5.1. Concrete deformations at short-term load
  • 5.2. Concrete deformations at long-term load. Creep
  • 5.3. Own deformations. Concrete shrinkage
• CHAPTER 6. CONCRETE RESISTANCE TO TEMPERATURE-HUMIDITY INFLUENCE. CORROSION RESISTANCE
  • 6.1. Frost resistance of concrete
  • 6.2. Concrete resistance to temperature influences
  • 6.3. Permeability
  • 6.4. Corrosion resistance
• CHAPTER 7. DESIGN OF NORMAL CONCRETE MIXTURE
  • 7.1. General and tasks
  • 7.2. Selection of raw materials and admixtures
  • 7.3. Calculations of basic parameters of concrete mixture composition
  • 7.4. Correction of design concrete compositions
• CHAPTER 8. TYPES OF CONCRETE
  • 8.1 Fine-grained concrete
  • 8.2. High-strength concrete
  • 8.3. Polymer-impregnated and polymer-cement concrete
  • 8.4. Fiber reinforced concrete
  • 8.5 Special concrete
• CHAPTER 9. LIGHT-WEIGHT CONCRETE
  • 9.1. Concrete on non-organic porous aggregates
  • 9.2. Design of lightweight concrete with porous aggregates
  • 9.3. Concrete on the basis of organic ( wood) aggregates
  • 9.4. No-fines and aerated concrete
  • 9.5. Cellular concrete
• CHAPTER 10. CONCRETE ON THE BASIS OF NON-CLINKER BINDERS. MORTARS AND DRY PACK MIXES
  • 10.1. Silicate concrete
  • 10.2. Slag and fly-ash concrete
  • 10.3. Slag-alkaline concrete
  • 10.4. Gypsum concrete
  • 10.5. Mortars
  • 10.6. Dry pack mixes