Design & Control of Concrete Mixtures 15Ed, PCA

This reference on concrete technology covers the fundamentals of freshly mixed and hardened concrete. This edition discusses sustainability; durability; materials for making concrete, such as portland cements, supplementary cementing materials, aggregates, water, admixtures, fibers, and reinforcement; procedures for mix proportioning, batching, mixing, transporting, handling, placing, consolidating, finishing, and curing concrete; precautions necessary during hot- and cold-weather concreting; causes and methods of controlling volume changes; commonly used control tests for quality concrete; special types of concrete, such as high-performance, lightweight, heavyweight, no-slump, roller-compacted, shotcrete, mass concrete, and many more.

Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction to Concrete

Chapter 2 Sustainability

Chapter 3 Portland, Blended and Other Hydraulic Cement

Chapter 4 Supplementary Cementitious Materials

Chapter 5 Mixing Water for Concrete

Chapter 7 Chemical Admixtures for Concrete

Chapter 8 Reinforcement

Chapter 9 Properties of Concrete

Chapter 10 Volume Changes of Concrete

Chapter 11 Durability

Chapter 12 Designing and Proportioning Concrete Mixtures

Chapter 13 Batching, Mixing, Transporting, and Handling Concrete

Chapter 14 Placing and Finishing Concrete

Chapter 15 Curing Concrete

Chapter 16 Hot Weather Concreting

Chapter 17 Cold Weather Concreting

Chapter 18 Test Methods

Chapter 19 High-Performance Concrete

Chapter 20 Special Types of Concrete