Aggregates in Concrete Modern concrete technology series 13 by Mark Alexander and Sidney Mindess
Contents of Aggregates in Concrete
- Some definitions
- Purpose and role of aggregates
- Consumption of aggregates
- Challenging issues for concrete aggregates
- Texts on concrete aggregates
- Scope and objectives of this book
- Natural aggregate sources and production
- Origin and classification of aggregates
- Sources and production of natural aggregates
- Sampling of aggregates
- Summary of national usage
- Properties and characterization of aggregates
- Physical properties of aggregates
- Mechanical properties of aggregates
- Chemical and durability properties of aggregates
- Aggregate petrography
- Aggregates in plastic concrete
- Characterizing the plastic properties of concrete
- Influence of aggregates on the plastic properties of concrete
- Aggregates and concrete mix proportioning
- Aggregates in hardened concrete: physical and mechanical properties
- Fundamental aspects
- Concrete strength
- Concrete fracture properties
- Concrete abrasion properties
- Concrete deformation properties
- Influence of aggregate volume content
- Aggregate dimensional stability, thermal
- properties, and corresponding concrete properties
- Aggregates in hardened concrete: durability and transport properties
- Concrete transport properties
- Concrete deterioration mechanisms relating to aggregates
- Special aggregates and special concretes
- Low density aggregates
- High density aggregates
- Aggregate requirements for special concretes
- Marginal aggregates
- Aggregates derived from industrial waste materials
- Porous aggregates for internal curing of concrete
- Aggregates for refractory concrete
- Abrasion-resistant aggregates
- Standards for aggregates
- Standard specifications for aggregates
- Standard tests for aggregates
- Developments in aggregate standards
