Advanced Construction Materials

Advanced Construction Materials

Takeshi MAKI

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Graduate School of Science and Engineering

SAITAMA UNIVERSITY

Advanced Construction Materials

CONTENTS 1.

General Aspects of Construction Materials ······························································· 1

1.1

Importance of Construction Materials

1

1.2

Required Performance of Construction Materials

1

1.3

Types of Construction Materials

2

1.4

Engineering Properties of Construction Materials

2

2.

Properties of Concrete ····························································································· 3

2.1

General

3

2.2

Composition of Concrete

3

2.3

Roles of Constituent Materials of Concrete

4

2.4

Advantages and Disadvantages of Concrete

4

2.5 2.6

Usage of Concrete Performance Requirements of Concrete

4 5

2.7

Mixing Proportion of Concrete

5

3.

Cement ··················································································································· 7

3.1

Types of Cement

7

3.2

Cement Compounds and Chemical Analysis

8

3.3

Physical Properties of Cement

9

3.4

Hydration Reaction of Cement

10

3.5

Characteristics of Various Types of Cement

11

4.

Aggregates ············································································································ 15

4.1

General

15

4.2

Types of Aggregates

15

4.3

Properties of Aggregates

16

4.4

Characteristics of various types of aggregates

20

5.

Admixtures ··········································································································· 21

5.1

Purposes of admixtures

21

5.2

Chemical admixtures

21

5.3

Mineral admixtures

25

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Properties of Fresh Concrete ·················································································· 29

6.1

Required Performance of Fresh Concrete

29

6.2

Consistency (Slump Test)

29

6.3

Segregation

29

6.4

Air in Concrete

31

6.5

Flow and Deformation of Fresh Concrete

31

6.6

Topic: Self-Compacting Concrete

36

7.

Mechanical Properties of Hardened Concrete ························································· 39

7.1

Strength

39

7.2

Elasticity and Stress-Strain Curve

42

7.3 7.4

Shrinkage Creep

43 45

7.5

Thermal Property

46

7.6

Permeability

47

8.

Durability of Concrete ··························································································· 49

8.1

Durability

49

8.2

Alkali Aggregate Reaction

49

8.3

Salt Injury

50

8.4

Carbonation (Neutralization)

52

8.5

Frost Injury (Freeze-thaw action)

53

9.

Recycling of Concrete ···························································································· 55

9.1

Introduction

55

9.2

Recycling of Concrete

55

9.3

Concrete with recycled aggregates

56

9.4

Perfect recycled Concrete

57

Appendix: List of Technical Terms ················································································· 59

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Advanced Construction Materials edited by Takeshi MAKI February 25, 2008 International Collaborative Graduate Program Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate School of Science and Engineering Saitama University