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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... crystal struc- ture , and vice versa . Examples : glass ( noncrystalline ) and quartz , and diamond and graphite ( identical atomic structure ) ; silicon and diamond ( identical crystal struc- ture ) . When a crystalline material is ...
... crystal . And many crystals form a pattern , called solid material . A grain or crystalline grain is a crystal without smooth faces . Crystallization , similarly , is the process of arranging of the atoms in a space lattice to form ...
... crystal positions . However , when the liquid is cooled rapidly - a process is called quenching — the result is an amorphous material . Unlike crystals , glass has no ordered arrangement of atoms ( that is , no crystal form ) and is ...