Specialist Techniques & Materials for Concrete Construction

by Dhir, Ravindra K.; Henderson, Neil A.

• ISBN13: 9780727728258
• ISBN10: 0727728253
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Inst of Civil Engineers Pub

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Organising Committee
International Advisory Committee
National Technical Committee
Supporting Institutions
Sponsoring Organisations With Exhibition
Additional Exhibitors
Concrete research in practice - the fourth dimension	p. 1
Grouting - Materials and Techniques on the approach to the millennium	p. 11
Triaxial creep behaviour of grouted sand	p. 31
Cementitious grouts - 1999 update	p. 41
Studies on the injecting properties of crack repair materials	p. 49
Improving the properties of cement grout using organic fiber and superplasticizer	p. 57
Cement grouting technology for consolidating soils	p. 69
Multi-blend cementitious injection grouts for repair and strengthening of masonry structures	p. 79
Sprayed concrete for artistic interior shells	p. 93
Hygrothermal stress induced problems in large scale sprayed concrete structures	p. 103
Wet-mixed spray concrete: Improvement via GGBS	p. 111
The influence of accelerator on the long-term strength of steel fibre reinforced shotcrete	p. 121
Numerical model for accelerating admixture in DEM modelling of shotcrete	p. 131
Workability, shear strength and build of wet-process sprayed mortars	p. 141
Innovations in the field of shotcrete repairs	p. 153
Shotcrete: International practices and trends	p. 163
Micro-properties of foamed concrete	p. 173
The influence of the mix design on the properties of micro-cellular concrete	p. 185
Moisture fixation and transfer in clayey cellular concrete-Relation with thermal characteristics	p. 199
Configuration of pores on the mechanical and thermal characteristics of cellular concretes through a homogenization method	p. 209
Mixture design optimisation of cellular concrete	p. 219
Just foamed concrete - An overview	p. 227
Underwater concrete placement: Materials, methods and case studies	p. 239
Underwater concrete construction and repair	p. 257
Role and responsibility of the engineer-diver in the assessment of underwater concrete	p. 269
Underwater concrete construction	p. 281
Thickness design methods for slabs on ground	p. 289
Delaminations of bonded concrete overlays	p. 303
Use of construction remainder soil in pavement construction	p. 311
Techniques for the early-life in-situ monitoring of concrete industrial ground floor slabs	p. 317
Measuring the near-surface moisture condition of concrete slabs and gypsum screeds	p. 331
Design of steel fibre reinforced floors on foundation piles	p. 343
Floors - The working surface of industry	p. 355
Non-ferrous reinforcement	p. 365
Local strength reduction at boundaries due to non-uniformity of steel fibre distribution	p. 377
Experimental investigation of polypropylene fibre reinforced concrete	p. 389
Mechanical properties of carbon fibre reinforced concrete (CFRC)	p. 395
Structure and mechanical behaviour of concrete reinforced with hydbrid steel-carbon fibres	p. 405
Behaviour of carbon fibre sheet as flexural reinforcement in RC beams with aramid FRP rods	p. 413
Study on mechanical behaviour of mortar reinforced with discontinuous carbon fibres	p. 425
Improvement of bending load-bearing capacity by externally bonded plates	p. 433
Effects of carbon fibre sheets on shear strength of reinforced concrete columns adjoining walls or sashes	p. 443
Seismic performance of RC coumns laterally confined by carbon fiber reinforcing plastic tube	p. 455
Index of Authors	p. 465
Subject Index	p. 467
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