Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Nonconventional Concrete Technologies
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • POTENTIAL MATRIX MATERIALS AND THEIR SYNTHESIS
  • REINFORCEMENT AND LAYERED STRUCTURES
  • PROCESSING
  • SYSTEMS APPROACH
  • 1 Introduction and Background
  • STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF CONVENTIONAL PORTLAND CONCRETE
  • Cement Paste
  • Macro- and Microstructure
  • Chemical and Mineral Admixtures
  • SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE
  • PROPERTIES OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE
  • PERFORMANCE OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE
  • ASSESSMENT OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE TECHNOLOGYAdvantages
  • Disadvantages
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IDEAL CONCRETE
  • 2 Controlled Synthesis of Potential Matrix Materials and Reactive Additives
  • GELATION AND RHEOLOGY CONTROL
  • AGENTS TO CONTROL WATER AND SHRINKAGE
  • Synthetic Polymers and Cellulose Derivatives
  • Wood and Paper Waste Materials
  • Swelling Clays
  • High-Range Water Reducers (Superplasticizers)
  • THERMAL CONTROL AGENTS
  • REACTIVE INORGANIC ADDITIVES
  • REBAR CORROSION CONTROL AGENTS
  • EVOLUTION OF STRUCTURE OF CONCRETE
  • Biomimetic Synthesis3 Reinforcement
  • PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
  • CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT
  • Coatings for Steel Rebar Reinforcement
  • Alternative Continuous Reinforcement
  • DISCONTINUOUS-FIBER REINFORCEMENT
  • MULTIPLE REINFORCING PHASES WITHIN A CONCRETE SYSTEM
  • 4 Concrete Processing
  • PROCESS CONTROL
  • Control of Cement Feedstock Production
  • Control of the Hydration Process
  • Concrete Mixing Control
  • Control of Fiber Mixing
  • MATERIALS TESTING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE
  • PLACEMENT METHODS
  • 5 Systems Approach to Concrete Technology
  • SYSTEMS APPROACHMODEL-BASED DESIGN
  • KEY ENABLERS FOR THE APPLICATION OF A SYSTEMS APPROACH
  • Fundamental Issues and Computational Models
  • Smart Processing and Intelligent Systems
  • LIFE-CYCLE COSTS
  • SUMMARY
  • References
  • APPENDICES
  • Appendix A Workshop Participants
  • Appendix B Modern Sensor Technology
  • REFERENCES
  • Appendix C Conventional Concrete Test Procedures
  • REFERENCE
  • Appendix D Biographies of Committee Members and Technical Consultants
  • Chemical Formulas of Cement Materials
  • Glossary