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Book Proceedings of the International Conference Held at the University of Dundee  Scotland  UK on 8 9 July 2008  Concrete for fire engineering

Download or read book Proceedings of the International Conference Held at the University of Dundee Scotland UK on 8 9 July 2008 Concrete for fire engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Proceedings of the International Conference Held at the University of Dundee  Scotland  UK on 8 9 July 2008

Download or read book Proceedings of the International Conference Held at the University of Dundee Scotland UK on 8 9 July 2008 written by Ravindra K. Dhir and published by Bre Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication brings together current thinking on the behaviour of concrete in fire

Book Concrete Solutions

Download or read book Concrete Solutions written by Michael Grantham and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-06-10 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concrete repair continues to be a subject of major interest to engineers and technologists worldwide. The concrete repair budget for the UK alone currently runs at some UKP 220 per annum. Some estimates have indicated that, worldwide, in 2010 the expenditure for maintenance and repair work will represent about 85% of the total expenditure in the construction field. It has been forecast that, in the same year in the USA, 50 billion dollars will be spent just for the restoration of deteriorated bridges and viaducts. An understanding of the latest techniques in repair and testing and inspection is thus crucial to the international construction industry. This book, with contributions from 34 countries, brings together the best in research, practical application, strategy and theory relating to concrete repair, testing and inspection, fire damage, composites and electro-chemical repair.

Book Achieving Sustainability in Construction

Download or read book Achieving Sustainability in Construction written by Ravindra K. Dhir and published by Thomas Telford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Preface - Introduction - Organising Committee - Scientific and Technical Committee - Collaborating Institutions - Sponsoring Organisations With Exhibition - Exhibiting Organisations - Supporting Institutions Opening Paper Sustainable Concrete Structures - A Win-Win Situation for Industry and Society THEME 1 EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY AND RAW MATERIALS Keynote paper - Sustainable Development in Construction - Theory, Feasibility and Practice Using Raw Materials and Energy - Properties of Fly Ash from Real-Scale Co-Combustion Experiments - Waste Generation Issues in Petroleum Producing Communities in Nigeria - Study of Early Hydration of Cement Pastes Containing Alternative Calcium Sulfate Bearing Materials - Peculiarities of Synthesizing Artificial Zeolites on a Fly Ash Basis and their Usage for Modification of Specially Destined Concrete - Performance of Concrete with Mining Sand as an Alternative Non-Conventional Material - Influence of Modifying Admixtures on Properties of Foam Glass Obtained by Using Ashes Resulting from Incineration of Household Waste. - Innovative Materials for Concrete - An Overview - Construction Materials Management Adopting GIS Technology - The Significance of Embedded Energy for Building in a Tropical Country - Design and Evaluation of Sustainable Concrete Production - Green Buildings and Flyash Concrete - The Commerce City, Colorado Project - Concrete Mixes for Desert Environments - Contribution of Mixed Cements in Production of More Durable and Sustainable Concrete - Concrete Mixing & Curing: The Influence of Waste Water on the Characteristic Strength of Concrete THEME 2 POLLUTION, WASTE AND RECYCLING Keynote Paper - Sustainability of the Cement and Concrete Industries - Development of Self Compacting Concrete for Prefabricated Street Furniture - Drying Shrinkage and Modulus of Elasticity of Sand and Total Lightweight Concretes - Construction Potential of a Mining By-Product - Refractory Properties of Insulating Materials from Secondary Cementitious Materials (SCMs) - Maximum Dosage of Glass Cullet as Fine Aggregate in Mortar - Durability Performance of Recycled Aggregate Concrete - Performance of Concrete Containing Fly Ash at Early Ages - Use of Recycling Tyre Rubber as Aggregates in Silica Fume Concrete - Engineering and Durability properties of Concrete Containing Waste Glass - Potential for Recycling Demolished Concrete and Building Rubble in Kuwait - The Manufacture of Precast Building Blocks Utilising Recycled Construction and Demolition Waste - Best Practicable Environmental Options (BPEOs) for Recycling Demolition Waste - Cost Effective and Good Performance Concrete for Sustainable Construction Through Recycling - Room Temperature Granulated Fly Ash on a Fixed Bed As Sorbent for Organic Contaminants from Wastewater - Admixtures Effect on Mechanical Strength of a Concrete Made of Recycled Aggregate THEME 3 MINIMISING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Keynote Paper - Environmental Assessment of Cement Based Products: Life Cycle Assessment and the Eco-Concrete Software Tool Freeze-Thaw Resistance of Porous Concrete Mixed with Crushed Roofing Tile - Durability of Reinforced Concrete Applying some Expert Systems from the World Wide Web (WWW) - Accelerated Carbonation of Portland Cement Mortars Partially Substituted with a Spent Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalyst (FCC) - Fly Ash Blended Cement: An Effective Materials for Addressing Durability Related Issues - The Use of Coal Combustion Bottom Ash in Lightweight Masonry Units - Does Recycling Fit with Sustainable Use? - Development of Technology for Processing Open-Hearth Slag for Composite Construction Materials - Industrial Waste Utilisation in Building Elements - Stainless Steel in Concrete for Efficiency and Durability - Construction

Book Cryogenic Concrete

Download or read book Cryogenic Concrete written by Concrete Society and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Performance Based Specifications and Control of Concrete Durability

Download or read book Performance Based Specifications and Control of Concrete Durability written by Hans Beushausen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work gives an overview of significant research from recent years concerning performance-based design and quality control for concrete durability and its implementation. In engineering practice, performance approaches are often still used in combination with prescriptive requirements. This is largely because, for most durability test methods, sufficient practical experience still has to be gained before engineers and owners are prepared to fully rely on them. This book, compiled by RILEM TC 230-PSC, is intended to assist efforts to successfully build the foundation for the full implementation of performance-based approaches through the exchange of relevant knowledge and experience between researchers and practitioners worldwide.

Book Recycled Aggregate Concrete Structures

Download or read book Recycled Aggregate Concrete Structures written by Jianzhuang Xiao and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes how, given the global challenge of a shortage of natural resources in the 21st century, the recycling of waste concrete is one of the most important means of implementing sustainable construction development strategies. Firstly, the book presents key findings on the micro- and meso-structure of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC), while the second part focuses on the mechanical properties of RAC: the strength, elastic modulus, Poisson’s ratio, stress-strain curve, etc. The third part of the book explores research on the durability of RAC: carbonization, chloride penetration, shrinkage and creep. It then presents key information on the mechanical behavior and seismic performance of RAC elements and structures: beams, columns, slabs, beam-column joints, and frames. Lastly, the book puts forward design guidelines for recycled aggregate concrete structures. Taken as a whole, the research results – based on a series of investigations the author has condu cted on the mechanical properties, durability and structural performance of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) over the past 10 years – demonstrate that, with proper design and construction, it is safe and feasible to utilize RAC structures in civil engineering applications. The book will greatly benefit researchers, postgraduates, and engineers in civil engineering with an interest in this field.

Book The Handbook of Tunnel Fire Safety

Download or read book The Handbook of Tunnel Fire Safety written by Richard Carvel and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 2005 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like New, No Highlights,No Markup,all pages are intact.

Book Compressive Strength of Concrete

Download or read book Compressive Strength of Concrete written by Pavel Krivenko and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concrete made using mineral cements, the raw materials which on earth are practically endless, is known as one of the oldest building materials and during the last decades of the twentieth century has become a dominant building material for general use. At the same time, the requirements of the quality of concrete and its performance properties, in particular compressive strength, durability, economical efficiency, and low negative impact of its manufacture on the environment have not yet been completely met. Bearing these requirements in mind, researchers and engineers worldwide are working on how to satisfy these requirements. This book has been written by researchers and experts in the field and provides the state of the art on recent progress achieved on the properties of concrete, including concrete in which industrial by-products are utilized. The book is dedicated to graduate students, researchers, and practicing engineers in related fields.

Book Cement Combinations for Durable Concrete

Download or read book Cement Combinations for Durable Concrete written by Ravindra K. Dhir and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concrete faces many opportunities and some threats. For these opportunities to change into beneficial practice, engineers, material scientists, architects, manufactureres and suppliers must focus on the changes needed to champion concrete and maintain its dominance within the global construction industry.

Book Concrete Progress

Download or read book Concrete Progress written by G. M. Idorn and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 1997 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concrete progress deals with the technology that made concrete the most widely used building material in the world in the course of the past hundred years, and the most indispensable for the global socio-economic development in the new millennium. It offers an insight into many people's dedicated, exploratory concrete research, and into strategic planning and management of research and its transfer to engineering practice. This book is introduced by retrospectively highlighting the international history of concrete technology and uses.

Book First RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication     Digital Concrete 2018

Download or read book First RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication Digital Concrete 2018 written by Timothy Wangler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital fabrication has been termed the “third industrial revolution”, and is promising to revolutionize many disciplines, including most recently the construction sector. Both academia and industry see immense promise in cementitious materials, which lend themselves well to additive manufacturing techniques for digital fabrication in construction. With this recent trend and high interest in this new research field, the 1st RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2018) was organized. Since 2014, ETH Zurich has been host for the Swiss National Centre for Competence in Research (NCCR) for Digital Fabrication in Architecture, which is highly interdisciplinary and unique worldwide. In 2018, this NCCR opened the “DFAB House”, which incorporates many digital fabrication principles for architecture. It is also responsible for the 600 m2 Robotic Fabrication Lab and the first robotically built roof in the world. Held in tandem with Rob|Arch 2018, the leading conference for robotics in architecture, RILEM deemed it the right time to combine forces at this new conference, which will be the first large conference to feature the work of the recently created RILEM Technical Committee on Digital Fabrication with Cement-based Materials, among other leaders in this new field worldwide. This conference proceedings brings together papers that take into account the findings in this new area. Papers reflect the varying themes of the conference, including Materials, Processing, Structure, and Applications.

Book Recycled Aggregates

Download or read book Recycled Aggregates written by Ravindra K Dhir and published by ICE Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is an ideal source of information on the subject and would be a suitable addition to any library as a resource for researchers seeking to develop an overview of the research on this topic.

Book InCIEC 2014

Download or read book InCIEC 2014 written by Rohana Hassan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 1251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The special focus of this proceedings is to cover the areas of infrastructure engineering and sustainability management. The state-of-the art information in infrastructure and sustainable issues in engineering covers earthquake, bioremediation, synergistic management, timber engineering, flood management and intelligent transport systems. It provides precise information with regards to innovative research development in construction materials and structures in addition to a compilation of interdisciplinary finding combining nano-materials and engineering.

Book Structural Fire Engineering

Download or read book Structural Fire Engineering written by Venkatesh Kodur and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actionable strategies for the design and construction of fire-resistant structures This hands-on guide clearly explains the complex building codes and standards that relate to fire design and presents hands-on techniques engineers can apply to prevent or mitigate the effects of fire in structures. Dedicated chapters discuss specific procedures for steel, concrete, and timber buildings. You will get step-by-step guidance on how to evaluate fire resistance using both testing and calculation methods. Structural Fire Engineering begins with an introduction to the behavioral aspects of fire and explains how structural materials react when exposed to elevated temperatures. From there, the book discusses the fire design aspects of key codes and standards, such as the International Building Code, the International Fire Code, and the NFPA Fire Code. Advanced topics are covered in complete detail, including residual capacity evaluation of fire damaged structures and fire design for bridges and tunnels. Explains the fire design requirements of the IBC, IFC, the NFPA Fire Code, and National Building Code of Canada Presents design strategies for steel, concrete, and timber structures as well as for bridges and tunnels Contains downloadable spreadsheets and problems along with solutions for instructors

Book Structures in Fire

Download or read book Structures in Fire written by Venkatesh Kodur and published by DEStech Publications, Inc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 1047 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: