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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... steel industry . During the 1860s , an Englishman , Henry Bessemer , invented a new method of converting iron to steel . Adaptation of this process set American steel interests in head - to - head competition with British steel . The first ...
... steel . Manganese gives strength and toughness to steel ; in structural steel , manganese content is about 1.35 percent . Silicon provides strength and hardening properties , and it is also an oxidizing agent . Aluminum is added to ...
... steel shapes used in the major- ity of steel buildings are not prone to brittle failure . When fracture occurs by cleavage at a nominal tensile stress that is below yield stress , it is called brittle fracture . Increased strain rates ...