Nonconventional concrete technologies : renewal of the highway infrastructure / [Committee on Nonconventional Concrete Technologies for Renewal of the Highway Infrastructure, National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council].
""Nonconventional Concrete Technologies""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""POTENTIAL MATRIX MATERIALS AND THEIR SYNTHESIS""; ""REINFORCEMENT AND LAYERED STRUCTURES""; ""PROCESSING""; ""SYSTEMS APPROACH""; ""1 Introduction and Background ""; ""STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF CONVENTIONAL PORTLAND CONCRETE""; ""Cement Paste""; ""Macro- and Microstructure""; ""Chemical and Mineral Admixtures""; ""SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE""; ""PROPERTIES OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE""; ""PERFORMANCE OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE""
""ASSESSMENT OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY""""Advantages""; ""Disadvantages""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IDEAL CONCRETE""; ""2 Controlled Synthesis of Potential Matrix Materials and Reactive Additives""; ""GELATION AND RHEOLOGY CONTROL""; ""AGENTS TO CONTROL WATER AND SHRINKAGE""; ""Synthetic Polymers and Cellulose Derivatives""; ""Wood and Paper Waste Materials""; ""Swelling Clays""; ""High-Range Water Reducers (Superplasticizers)""; ""THERMAL CONTROL AGENTS""; ""REACTIVE INORGANIC ADDITIVES""; ""REBAR CORROSION CONTROL AGENTS""; ""EVOLUTION OF STRUCTURE OF CONCRETE""
""Biomimetic Synthesis""""3 Reinforcement ""; ""PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS""; ""CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT""; ""Coatings for Steel Rebar Reinforcement""; ""Alternative Continuous Reinforcement""; ""DISCONTINUOUS-FIBER REINFORCEMENT""; ""MULTIPLE REINFORCING PHASES WITHIN A CONCRETE SYSTEM""; ""4 Concrete Processing""; ""PROCESS CONTROL""; ""Control of Cement Feedstock Production""; ""Control of the Hydration Process""; ""Concrete Mixing Control""; ""Control of Fiber Mixing""; ""MATERIALS TESTING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE""; ""PLACEMENT METHODS""; ""5 Systems Approach to Concrete Technology ""
""SYSTEMS APPROACH""""MODEL-BASED DESIGN""; ""KEY ENABLERS FOR THE APPLICATION OF A SYSTEMS APPROACH""; ""Fundamental Issues and Computational Models""; ""Smart Processing and Intelligent Systems""; ""LIFE-CYCLE COSTS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""APPENDICES""; ""Appendix A Workshop Participants""; ""Appendix B Modern Sensor Technology""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Appendix C Conventional Concrete Test Procedures""; ""REFERENCE""; ""Appendix D Biographies of Committee Members and Technical Consultants""; ""Chemical Formulas of Cement Materials""; ""Glossary""
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