Manual of Ready-Mixed Concrete, Second Edition

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ISBN: 9780751400793 | 0751400793
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/22/1992

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This edition of this successful manual has been carefully revised throughout to take account of recent changes and to incorporate amendments required due to the publication of the revised BS 5328.

Technology of Ready-Mixed Concrete
Introduction: History of ready-mixed concrete	p. 3
Materials for concrete	p. 9
Aggregates	p. 10
Cementitious materials	p. 28
Admixtures	p. 48
Other materials	p. 54
Water for concrete	p. 55
Properties of fresh concrete	p. 56
Uniformity and stability	p. 56
Workability	p. 57
Pumpability	p. 60
Water demand and water/cement ratio	p. 61
Rate of change of workability	p. 63
Influence of transporting on the workability of ready-mixed concrete	p. 64
Effects of transporting of concrete on strength and workability	p. 70
Limitations on delivery time	p. 71
Retempering of concrete	p. 72
Laboratory simulation of ready-mixed concrete	p. 74
Properties of hardened concrete	p. 76
Surface quality	p. 76
Cracking of concrete	p. 76
Strength	p. 79
Durability	p. 81
Mix design	p. 88
Principles of mix design	p. 88
BRMCA method of concrete mix design	p. 88
Mix design using ggbs or pfa	p. 98
Judging concrete mix design	p. 101
Water/cement ratio - free or total	p. 102
Meeting durability requirements	p. 103
Statistics for quality control, mix design and compliance	p. 105
Statistical terms	p. 105
Variation	p. 105
Distribution	p. 106
Normal distribution	p. 106
Calculations of mean, standard deviation and other parameters	p. 108
Sources of variation	p. 109
Influence of mean strength level on standard deviation	p. 110
Standard deviation due to sampling and testing	p. 111
Relevance of standard deviation for concrete mix design	p. 112
Statistical implication of compliance rules	p. 112
Quality control	p. 118
Forward control	p. 119
Immediate control	p. 120
Retrospective control	p. 121
Quality monitoring	p. 121
The cusum system of strength monitoring	p. 122
BRMCA concrete control system	p. 135
Sampling and testing ready-mixed concrete	p. 140
Sampling ready-mixed concrete	p. 140
Effects of non-standard testing on strength	p. 140
Simple checks on validity of results	p. 143
Communication	p. 144
Simple visual checks on the crushed cube	p. 144
NAMAS register of test houses	p. 147
Interpreting test results for strength	p. 149
Checking mix proportions or quantities	p. 157
Checking the quantity of concrete	p. 159
Variation in density and yield	p. 160
Practice
Production, delivery and quality assurance	p. 165
Production methods	p. 165
Organizing production and delivery	p. 171
Delivery	p. 174
Quality assurance	p. 180
Specifications and supervision	p. 182
Interpreting specifications	p. 182
Specifying and supervising the supply of ready-mixed concrete	p. 195
Ready-mixed concrete on site	p. 200
Choosing ready-mixed concrete	p. 200
Site preparations for ready-mixed concrete	p. 202
Ready-mixed concrete on site	p. 205
Pumping concrete	p. 212
Organizations	p. 215
BRMCA	p. 215
BACMI	p. 216
QSRMC	p. 216
NACCB	p. 218
NAMAS	p. 218
Appendix 1: QSRMC technical regulations	p. 219
Appendix 2: Conversion factors	p. 227
Appendix 3: Designated mixes in accordance with BS 5328: Part 2 Section 5	p. 229
References	p. 233
References to standards	p. 239
Index	p. 241
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Manual of Ready-Mixed Concrete, Second Edition

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