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Cement-Based Composites: Materials, Mechanical Properties and Performance, Second Edition book cover

2nd Edition

Cement-Based Composites Materials, Mechanical Properties and Performance, Second Edition

By Andrzej M. Brandt Copyright 2005
544 Pages
by CRC Press

544 Pages
by CRC Press

544 Pages
by CRC Press
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Cement-Based Composites takes a different approach from most other books in the field by viewing concrete as an advanced composite material, and by considering the properties and behaviour of cement-based materials from this stance. It deals particularly, but not exclusively, with newer forms of cement-based materials. This new edition takes a critical approach to the subject as well as... Read more

Introduction
Composites and Multiphase Materials
Concrete-Like Composites
Components of Cement Based Composites
Reinforcement of Cement-Based Composites
Structure of Cement Composites
Interfaces
Strength and Deformability Under Short-Term Static Load
Cracking in Cement Matrices and Propagation of Cracks
Fracture and Failure of Material Structures
Behaviour of Cement Matrix Composites in Various Service Conditions
Design and Optimization of Cement Based Composites
High-Strength Concrete and High Performance Concretes
Application and Development of Cement-Based Composites

Biography

Andrzej M. Brandt is a professor emeritus at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research in Warsaw, Poland, and former Chairman of the Committee for Civil Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is Chairman of ISO/TC98 and holds an Honorary Doctorate from Paisley University UK.

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