Concrete Quality Control, Aggregate Characteristics, and the Cement-aggregate Reaction

Concrete Quality Control, Aggregate Characteristics, and the Cement-aggregate Reaction
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board. Annual Meeting
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1960
Genre: Aggregates (Building materials)
ISBN:

Paper 1: Graphical methods are demonstrated for solving the usual trial-and-error problem of computing the percentages of several aggregates blended to make the combination conform to specifications, for showing how the same graphical solutions can be expanded to include calculations for the most economical blend, and for explaining how the diagrams can be combined with accounting records and routine test results to provide a method for selecting blends on the basis of the probability of rejection of the final product. Paper 4: Binary glasses of the oxides of sodium, potassium, lithium and lead with silica were tested as reactive aggregates with high- and low-alkali cements and with high-alumina cement and pressure-calcined gypsum plaster.

Guidelines for Concrete Mixtures Containing Supplementary Cementitious Materials to Enhance Durability of Bridge Decks

Guidelines for Concrete Mixtures Containing Supplementary Cementitious Materials to Enhance Durability of Bridge Decks
Author: John S. Lawler
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2007
Genre: Aggregates (Building materials)
ISBN: 0309098971

NCHRP Report 566 is designed to help facilitate the use of supplementary cementitious materials to enhance durability of concrete used in highway construction, especially bridge decks. The report includes a methodology for selecting optimum concrete mixture proportions that focuses on durability aspects of concrete and the performance requirements for specific environmental conditions. The methodology is presented in a text format and as a computational tool, in the form of a Visual Basic?driven Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Background information and a hypothetical case study was published as NCHRP Web-Only Document 110: Supplementary Cementitious Materials to Enhance Durability of Concrete Bridge Decks. The Statistical Experimental Design for Optimizing Concrete (SEDOC), the computational tool for the concrete mixture optimization methodology, and the user?s guide are available in a ZIP format for download.