Computer Modelling of Concrete Mixtures

ISBN-13: 9780419230205 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 270 str.

Joe Dewar;Joe Dewar

Opis

The complexity of specifications and the number of materials options available today for concrete production mean that the traditional procedure of making trial mixes is now unnecessary, expensive and time consuming. However the data generated by trial mixes can be incorporated into the development of computer-based systems and combined with knowledge generated through research and practice. J.D Dewar has spent much of the 20 years between 1979 and 1999 developing systems by which a small amount of materials data can be used confidently to predict the composition of the ideal product to satisfy a specification with maximim economy, or to provide the batch book to fulfill all requirements using a specified combination of materials. Equally useful is the potential for forward control by the continuous adjustment of designs to take account of current or developing materials properties.

The complexity of specifications and the number of materials options available today for concrete production mean that the traditional procedure of making trial mixes is now unnecessary, expensive and time consuming. Using J.D Dewar's research, this book shows how a small amount of materials data can be used confidently to predict the composition of the ideal product.

Spis treści

Foreword. Introduction to the models, properties, and test methods. Modelling of combinations of any particulate materials. Modelling of cements, additions ans aggregates. Modelling of fresh concrete. Modelling of hardening concrete. Influences of cement, aggregates, additions, admixtures and economics. Special concretes. Appendices - formulae for computer modelling. Index.

O autorze

Joe Dewar