Civil Engineering MaterialsThis book deals with properties, applications and analysis of important materials of construction/civil engineering. It offers full coverage of how materials are made or obtained, their physical properties, their mechanical properties, how they are used in construction, how they are tested in the lab, and their strength characteristics--information that is essential for material selection and elementary design. Contains illustrative examples and tables and figures from professional organizations. KEY TOPICS: Considers all common materials of civil engineering/construction--and looks at each in depth: e.g., physical properties, mechanical properties, code provisions, methods of testing, quality control, construction procedures, and material selection. Discusses laboratory testing procedures for selected tests--provides step-by-step descriptions of laboratory test procedures to determine properties of materials. All test procedures are based on relevant ASTM specification. MARKET: For Civil Engineers, Construction Engineers, Architects, and Agricultural Engineers. |
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... conductivity of air is lower than that of water ; and the conductivity of a material increases sharply with rise in moisture . For thermal insulating materials the conductivity is very low , and for metals it is very high . Higher ...
... conductivity , or a low U - value . The thermal conductivity of metals is a hundred to a thousand times that of stone or brick . Rankings of some construction materials in terms of their thermal conductivity , in decreasing order , are ...
... Conductivity . See types of conductivity Conductors , electrical , 7-8 , 12-13 Consistency asphalts , 362-64 concrete , 101-6 , 184 , 217 soils , 457 Copper , 2 , 8-11 , 22 , 24-25 , 27 in iron alloys , 400 masonry joints , 268 ...