Description
T and F CRC Concrete Mix Design, Quality Control And Specification by Ken W Day
This new edition of Ken Day's established professional guide provides comprehensive, readily understandable assistance to concrete producers in the design and control of their product, and looks as far as possible into the future of concrete. Concrete has become a complex material, generating hundreds, if not thousands, of PhD theses and a substantial number of computerised systems. Having originated the first of such systems, Ken Day now shows how to apply the principles with or without elaborate systems. Such systems pay big dividends to the larger producer but this book still shows the small producer how to achieve competitive mix designs and close quality control without either excessive expenditure or extensive theoretical study. The accompanying website, www.kenday.id.au, offers free programs and access to continually updated advice.
Key Features:-
- Examines water-to-cement ratio as a declining criterion of quality and durability
- Discusses the diminishing availability of suitable natural sands and growing industry concerns regar
- Considers advances in concrete admixtures and their ever-increasing use
- Advocates reliability of testing as a vital feature of the shift from prescriptive to performance sp
- Addresses cement replacement materials as they relate to greenhouse gas and sustainability