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Author : William Cawthorne Unwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Building materials
ISBN : UOM:39015063979135
Author : Bahurudeen A,P.V.P. Moorthi
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000329285
This book provides an understanding of peer-reviewed international construction materials and their testing methods in a simplified manner at a high technical level. It focuses on specific construction materials, such as cement, concrete, bricks, lime, paints, steel and so forth, distributed in ten different chapters. Using real-time quality control as the underlying determinant, the book material exclusively follows Indian, American, European, German and South African standards. Relevant modern sophisticated material testing techniques, like scanning electron microscope (SEM), thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) and X-Ray diffraction (XRD), are also described. Aimed at undergraduate, senior undergraduate and early career professionals in civil engineering and construction engineering, this book Gives a clear background of material testing and its importance Includes step-by-step procedures for easy understanding of and for performing the tests Covers Indian, ASTM, South African, DIN German and European Standards Includes basic and advanced techniques for chemical admixtures Each chapter concludes with practice questions, including 400+ solved questions and 50+ test procedures in total
Author : William Cawthorne Unwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Building materials
ISBN : NYPL:33433087579326
Author : William Cawthorne Unwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Building materials
ISBN : UOM:39015063978988
Author : Vivek Apte
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780081028186
Flammability Testing of Materials used in Construction, Transport, and Mining, Second Edition provides an authoritative guide to current best practice in ensuring fire-safe design. The book begins by discussing the fundamentals of flammability, measurement techniques, and the main types of fire tests for various applications. Building on this foundation, a group of chapters then reviews tests for key materials used in the building, transport, and mining sectors. There are chapters on wood products, external cladding, and sandwich panels as well as the flammability of walls and ceilings linings. Tests for upholstered furniture and mattresses, cables, and electrical appliances are also reviewed. A final group of chapters discusses fire tests for the transport sector, including those for railway passenger cars, aircraft, road and rail tunnels, ships, and submarines. There is also a chapter on tests for spontaneous ignition of solid materials. With its distinguished international team of contributors, Flammability Testing of Materials used in Construction, Transport, and Mining is an invaluable reference for fire safety, civil, chemical, mechanical, mining and transport engineers. In this revised edition, the latest information is provided on fire testing of products, systems, components, and materials used across these essential sectors, with all regulations and standards brought up to date. Relays all new developments in fire safety standards, regulations and performance requirements Covers a broad range of infrastructure sectors such as construction, transport, and mining Updated to include cutting-edge fire tests and the latest iteration of standards including ISO, ASTM, and EN
Author : Unwin William Cawthorne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 025961307X
Author : Rilem
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1609 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994-06-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781482271362
This is a compilation of over 170 technical recommendations prepared by RILEM Technical Committees between 1972 and 1994. These give authoritative procedures for the testing and use of many construction materials. The book presents an authoritative source of reference for engineers, scientists and technologists involved in the develo
Author : William Cawthorne Unwin
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1330261992
Excerpt from The Testing of Materials of Construction: A Text-Book for the Engineering Laboratory and a Collection of the Results of Experiment The present work is a treatise on the Strength of the Materials used in Construction, considered in connection with the instruments and methods by which the mechanical properties of materials are investigated experimentally. The data on which the engineer relies in designing structures cannot be fully understood without some knowledge of the procedure by which they are ascertained. Also, for several reasons, a knowledge of the methods of testing has become of late of greater importance. With the introduction of new materials, the engineer has been forced to make more use of the testing-machine, both in estimating a constructional value of materials and to escape the danger of employing material which is unsuitable. A considerable advance has been made in the construction of all the apparatus used in testing, the operations of testing are carried out with more care and skill. Lastly, the establishment of Engineering Laboratories, in connection with Schools of Engineering, has made experimental investigation an essential part of engineering education. The following treatise consists of three parts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : William Cawthorne 1838-1933 Unwin
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1372339442
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Antonin Fabbri,Jean-Claude Morel,Jean-Emmanuel Aubert,Quoc-Bao Bui,Domenico Gallipoli,B.V. Venkatarama Reddy
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030832971
This book presents the work done by the RILEM Technical Committee 274-TCE. It focuses on the estimation of the parameters which are necessary to properly design earthen constructions. It provides a compilation of the value classically obtained for the key parameters of earthen materials, a pedagogical presentation of the main testing procedures for earthen materials, their advantage and their drawback and an overview of most standards on earthen materials, whatever their origin and their language.The book is divided into eight chapters. After a general introduction on earthen materials and constructions, the state of the art on the material characterisation technics, the assessment of hygrothermal performance, the mechanical behaviour, seismic resistance and the durability will be presented, each in a dedicated chapter. On the basis of these last chapters, a critical review of the standards which are used for earthen material will be presented in the last chapter. The last chapter is dedicated to the analysis of the environmental potential of earth-based building materials.
Author : N. Subramanian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0199497214
Building Materials is a textbook designed for undergraduate civil engineering students who are offered courses on Building and Construction Materials. The book primarily covers the AICTE syllabus on Materials, Testing, and Evaluation. It provides detailed and up-to-date information on variousbuilding and construction materials, including green materials.The book discusses the usual building materials like stones, bricks, lime, cement, aggregates, mortars, concrete and special concretes, wood, ferrous materials, steel, plastics, non-ferrous materials, glass, ceramic materials, plastics, paints, etc. Wherever necessary, the substitute materials andthe greenness of the material are identified and explained.The book provides a thorough discussion of various materials using appropriate illustrations, real-life photographs, examples, and case studies for better understanding.
Author : Murari Lal Gambhir,Neha Jamwal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Building
ISBN : 1259029662
Author : M. Fickelson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1990-10-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781482267525
Testing of materials and manufactured items is a key element in the process from standard specifications though control and verification during manufacture to trade in actual products. Cooperative agreements and networks are being set up covering reference materials and calibration. This process is becoming more urgent with the development in the E
Author : Syed Danish Hasan
Publisher : Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1842653237
"Civil Engineering Materials and their Testing introduces the reader to basic construction materials like cement, aggregate, concrete, steel and brick. It gives an account of their origin, classifications, engineering properties, qualities, and standard tests. Each test includes its objective, apparatus/equipments, material requirements, formula, precautions and stepwise procedure and space for observations and results. Factors affecting different materials properties are also covered along with the functioning and maintenance of a variety of well-labeled apparatus and modern testing machines."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Viktor Mechtcherine,Kamal Khayat,Egor Secrieru
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030225667
This book gathers the peer-reviewed contributions presented at two parallel, closely interconnected events on advanced construction materials and processes, namely the 2nd International RILEM Conference on Rheology and Processing of Construction Materials (RheoCon2) and the 9th International RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC9), held in Dresden, Germany on 8-11 September 2019. The papers discuss various aspects of research on the development, testing, and applications of cement-based and other building materials together with their specific rheological properties. Furthermore, the papers cover the latest findings in the fast-growing field of self-compacting concrete, addressing topics including components’ properties and characterization; chemical admixtures, effect of binders (incl. geopolymers, calcined clay, etc.) and mixture design; laboratory and in-situ rheological testing; constitutive models and flow modelling; numerical simulations; mixing, processing and casting processes; and additive manufacturing / 3D-printing. Also presenting case studies, the book is of interest to researchers, graduate students, and industry specialists, such as material suppliers, consultants and construction experts.