1st Edition
Temperature Development in Early Age Concrete Elements Fundamentals, Prediction and Control
1. Introduction
2. Cement Hydration and Heat Evolution
3. Effects Of Elevated Temperature on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Concrete
4. Modelling Temperature Development on Large Concrete Elements – a Finite-Difference Approach
5. Accounting for Solar Radiation in Concrete Temperature Prediction Models
6. Construction Methodologies for Temperature Management and Control
7. Case Studies
Biography
Yunus Ballim is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in South Africa. He spent six years in the construction industry and has been a Civil Engineering academic since 1989. He has served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice Principal at the University of the Witwatersrand and as the founding Vice-Chancellor of the Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley, South Africa. He is a Senior Member of RILEM and an Honorary Fellow of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering.
