Special Concretes - Workability and Mixing

by Bartos; Peter

• ISBN13: 9780419188704
• ISBN10: 0419188703
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-01-31
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This book forms the Proceedings of the International RILEM Workshop held in Paisley in March 1993. It contains contributions on theoretical and practical aspects of the use of special concretes, with a particular focus on their behaviour in the fresh state.

Table of Contents

Preface
Workshop Participants
Workability of special fresh concretes	p. 3
Automation of the concrete construction site	p. 7
Measurement of properties of fresh high performance concrete and effects of the mixing process	p. 17
Effects of two-stage mixing technique on strength and micro-hardness of concrete	p. 31
Swedish method to measure effectiveness of concrete mixers	p. 39
Workability and rheology	p. 51
Workability and water demand	p. 55
Proportioning of fibres and mixing of fibre concrete	p. 69
Mixing of glass fibre reinforced cement	p. 73
Mixing procedure of fibre concrete	p. 81
Mix design approach for fibre reinforced mortars based on workability parameters	p. 89
The effects of polypropylene fibres in fresh concrete	p. 99
Comparative measures of workability of fibre-reinforced concrete using slump, V-B and inverted cone tests	p. 107
Special cements and their applications	p. 121
Norwegian experience with high strength concrete	p. 131
Applicability of the Bingham model to high strength concrete	p. 145
Very dry precasting concrete	p. 153
Beton de sable de haute resistance en traction (High strength sand concrete in tension)	p. 169
Workability and mixing of high performance microsilica concrete	p. 177
Development and application of superworkable concrete	p. 183
Assessment of properties of underwater concrete by the Orimet test	p. 191
Design of a rheometer for fluid concretes	p. 201
Specifying flowing concrete - a case study	p. 209
Foamed concrete - mixing and workability	p. 217
Rheology of fresh shotcrete	p. 225
Workability and mixing of materials for the repair of defective concrete	p. 239
Evaluating the flow properties of flowable concrete	p. 249
Author Index	p. 259
Subject Index	p. 261
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