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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Building Materials : Testing And Sustainability by N. SUBRAMANIAN
Advance praise for the book an outstanding book! In essence the book is comprehensive and unique. Without any exaggeration I am learning new information. – Dr B Vijaya Rangan Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering at curtin University Perth Australia the text is easily readable comprehensive and well supplemented with figures and photos - Dr br. Suryanarayana Professor & former Dean (Retd) Maulana Azad National Institute of technology Bhopal about the book building materials testing and sustainability is a comprehensive textbook designed to cater to undergraduate students of Civil Engineering based on the recent AICTE syllabus on materials testing & Evaluation. This book will be useful to architects (who usually specify the materials) students of diploma courses in Civil Engineering and also serve as an invaluable reference to postgraduate students and practicing engineers as well as researchers. Key features based on latest Indian codes discussion on alternate or substitute materials like m-sand includes sustainability and health effects of various materials and recent trends provides over 300 illustrative figures and photographs and 200 tables to supplement the text and 30 case studies from actual practice includes more than 750 review questions and 440 multiple choice questions (with answers) To test the understanding of the students more than 1440 references which include relevant Indian and American codes the following resources are available to support the faculty and students using this text: for faculty Chapter-wise power point presentations for students list of references table of Contents 1. Properties of building materials 2. Building stones 3. Bricks 4. Building Lime 5. Cement 6. Aggregates for concrete 7. Mortars and plaster 8. Concrete 9. Special structural concretes 10. Gypsum 11. Wood and wood products 12. Ferrous metals 13. Steel 14. Non-ferrous metals and alloys 15. Glass 16. Clay and ceramic materials 17. Plastics 18. Paints varnishes and distemper 19. Asphalt Bitumen and tar 20. Thermal insulating materials 21. Materials for waterproofing and damp-proofing 22. Miscellaneous materials 23. Deformations and fracture of materials 24. Testing and evaluations of materials.