Concrete Mix Design, Quality Control and Specification
3rd Edition
Published on 10. August 2006
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-415-39313-3 (ISBN)
Description
This new edition of Ken Day's established professional guide provides comprehensive, readily understandable assistance to concrete producers in the design and control of their product, and looks as far as possible into the future of concrete.
Concrete has become a complex material, generating hundreds, if not thousands, of PhD theses and a substantial number of computerised systems. Having originated the first of such systems, Ken Day now shows how to apply the principles with or without elaborate systems. Such systems pay big dividends to the larger producer but this book still shows the small producer how to achieve competitive mix designs and close quality control without either excessive expenditure or extensive theoretical study.
The accompanying website, www.kenday.id.au, offers free programs and access to continually updated advice.
Concrete has become a complex material, generating hundreds, if not thousands, of PhD theses and a substantial number of computerised systems. Having originated the first of such systems, Ken Day now shows how to apply the principles with or without elaborate systems. Such systems pay big dividends to the larger producer but this book still shows the small producer how to achieve competitive mix designs and close quality control without either excessive expenditure or extensive theoretical study.
The accompanying website, www.kenday.id.au, offers free programs and access to continually updated advice.
More details
Edition
3rd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
19 s/w Tabellen, 8 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 94 s/w Zeichnungen
94 Line drawings, black and white; 8 Halftones, black and white; 19 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-39313-3 (9780415393133)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Ken W. Day | James Aldred | Barry Hudson
Concrete Mix Design, Quality Control and Specification
Book
11/2013
4th Edition
CRC Press
€384.40
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Previous edition
Book
09/1999
2nd Edition
Spon Press
€222.84
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Person
Ken Day is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute, Fellow of the Institute of Concrete Technologists, UK, and an Honorary Member of the Concrete Institute of Australia. He is former principal of Concrete Advice Pty Ltd.
Ken Day has been at the cutting edge of concrete mix design and quality control since the early 1950s. He has held positions as a university lecturer and a structural designer, and in production, R&D and management in the precast and ready mixed concrete industries. He ran his own consultancy for 28 years, providing services to many major clients and projects in several countries.
Ken Day has been at the cutting edge of concrete mix design and quality control since the early 1950s. He has held positions as a university lecturer and a structural designer, and in production, R&D and management in the precast and ready mixed concrete industries. He ran his own consultancy for 28 years, providing services to many major clients and projects in several countries.
Content
Advice to Specifiers. Properties of Concrete. Mix Design. Quality Control. Testing. Significance of Computerization. Specification. Production Control. Greenfields Projects. Cementitious Materials. Fine Aggregates. Coarse Aggregates. Admixtures. Mix Design Competitions. Troubleshooting. Conclusions