Overview

The construction of buildings and structures relies on having a thorough understanding of building materials. Without this knowledge it would be impossible to build safe, efficient, and durable buildings, structures, and homes. Building Materials in Civil Engineering provides an overview of the complete range of building materials available to civil engineers and all those involved in the building and construction industries. The book begins with an introductory chapter describing the basic properties of building materials. Further chapters cover the basic properties of building materials, air hardening cement materials, cement, concrete, building mortar, wall and roof materials, construction steel, wood, waterproof materials, building plastics, heat-insulating materials. and sound-absorbing materials and finishing materials. Each chapter includes a series of questions, allowing readers to test the knowledge they have gained. A detailed appendix gives information on the testing of building materials. Under its Editor-in-Chief, Professor Haimei Zhang, the editorial committee for the original Chinese version of the book, The Programming Textbook for National Higher Vocational and Professional Civil Engineering: Building Materials, includes many leading members of the Chinese civil engineering community.

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Author:   H. Zhang
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
ISBN:  

9781439854037

ISBN 10:   1439854033
Publication Date:   15 August 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction Definitions and classifications of building materials Characteristics of building materials and their status in architecture The development of building materials The introduction of building materialsaEURO (TM) technical standards Characters, purposes, tasks and learning methods of building Materials curriculum The basic properties of building materials Compositions and structures of materials and the influence of their constructions on the properties Physical properties of materials Mechanical properties of materials Decorativeness of materials Durability of materials Questions Exercises Air hardening binding materials Building gypsum lime Magnesia Sodium glass Questions Cement Portland cement Blended portland cement Other varieties of cement Questions Exercises Concrete Overview Components of ordinary concrete The main technical properties of ordinary concrete The quality control and the strength evaluation of concrete The design of the mix proportion of ordinary concrete Other varieties of concrete Questions Exercises Building mortar The composition of mortar The main technical properties of mortar Masonry mortar Other kinds of building mortar Questions Exercises Wall and roof materials Wall bricks Wall blocks Wall plates Roof materials Questions Exercises Construction steel Classifications of steel Characteristics of steel Cold working, ageing and welding Standards and selection of building steel Fire protection of steel Corrosion and prevention of steel Questions Wood Classifications and structures of wood Physical and mechanical properties of wood Wood preservation Applications of wood in architecture Questions Waterproof materials Asphalt Waterproof asphalt materials New waterproof materials Questions Building plastic Components and classifications of plastic Properties and common varieties of plastic Applications of building plastic Questions Heat-insulating materials and sound-absorbing materials Heat-insulating materials Sound-absorbing materials Questions Finishing materials Basic requirements and selecting principles of finishing Materials Common finishing materials Questions Appendix: tests of building materials Test one tests of materialsaEURO (TM) basic properties Test two lime test Test three cement test Test four concrete aggregate test Test five tests of the main technical properties of ordinary Concrete Test six building mortar test Test seven fired common brick test Test eight steel bar test Test nine petroleum asphalt test Test ten test of elastic (plastic) modified asphalt waterproof Coiled materials

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