Workability and Quality Control of Concrete

ISBN-13: 9780419148609 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 262 str.

G. H. Tattersall

Opis

This text is a successor to the author's Workability of Concrete published in 1976 and, again, is written specifically for practising engineers and concrete technologists. It incorporates the results of a further 15 years research and develops the treatment of workability as a property to be measured in terms of two constants, which was introduced in the earlier book. The scientific basis is simply explained and used for the description of practical methods and apparatus. This leads to elucidation of problems surrounding the topic of workability and to an account of the potential for quality control. The validity and limitations of standard methods of workability assessment are fully considered and there are several chapters on the effects on workability of the properties and proportions of mix constituents.

Spis treści

The importance of workability.  Standard tests for workability.  Flow properties of fresh concrete. Principles of measurement.  The two-point workability test.  Workability expressed in terms of two constants.  Extremely low workability concretes.  Factors affecting workability.  Effect of mix proportions.  Effect of chemical admixtures.  Effect of cement replacements and fibres.  Workability and practical processes.  Specification of workability.  Workability measurement as a means of quality control.

O autorze

G H Tattersall