Civil Engineering Materials

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Prentice Hall, 2001 - Technology & Engineering - 477 pages
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This 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. 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. For Civil Engineers, Construction Engineers, Architects, and Agricultural Engineers.

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Page 50
Absorption capacity, expressed as a percentage of the dry weight of the
aggregate (which is the weight established after drying the particles in an oven to
a constant weight), varies from one type of aggregate to another. Granite has a
very low ...
Page 61
TABLE 2.7 GRADING REQUIREMENTS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF SAND
Amounts finer than each sieve, in percent of ... Reprinted with permission. equal
to or less than 60 percent by weight and equal to or more than 25 percent by
weight.
Page 89
Each manufacturing facility may use a different combination of raw materials,
depending on their chemical compositions, but limestone (containing less than 3
percent MgCO,) and clay are the most common. The three primary constituents of
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Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
AGGREGATES
35
CONCRETE AND OTHER
79
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absorption addition admixtures aggregate particles air-entraining amount asphalt cement asphalt concrete ASTM bars beam bond bricks calcium calcium hydroxide called carbon chemical clay coarse aggregate compressive strength construction cracks creep cross-sectional curing decreases deformation density ductility durability fibers fineness modulus fly ash grade grain gravel grout hardened heat hydrated lime increase iron joints layer lightweight limestone load lumber manufactured masonry units material maximum measured metal mineral mix proportions mixture modulus of elasticity moisture content mold mortar nominal oxide particleboard pavement percent plastic plywood portland cement pozzolan produced reinforcement resistance rocks sample sand shape shear shotcrete shrinkage sieve silica silica fume slabs slag slump Softwood soil solid specific gravity specimen steel strength of concrete stress stress-strain structural sulfate surface Table temperature tensile strength thermal thermoplastic thickness unit weight viscometer viscosity voids volume w/c ratio wall wire wood workability yield strength

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TitleCivil Engineering Materials
AuthorShan Somayaji
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherPrentice Hall, 2001
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized29 Nov 2007
ISBN013083906X, 9780130839060
Length477 pages
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Technology & Engineering / Civil / General
Technology & Engineering / Materials Science / General
  
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