Improving concrete quality - Obla, Karthikeyan H. (Boca Raton Taylor & Francis National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, 2015)
chapter 1. How good is your quality? -- chapter 2. Variation in concrete strength due to cement -- chapter 3. Variation in concrete strength due to water and air content variation -- chapter 4. Mixing-water control -- chapter 5. Variation in concrete strength and air content due to fly ash -- chapter 6. Variation in concrete performance due to aggregates -- chapter 7. Basic statistics -- chapter 8. Variation in concrete performance due to batching -- chapter 9. Variation in concrete performance due to manufacturing -- chapter 10. Variation in concrete performance due to testing -- chapter 11. Internal concrete testing -- chapter 12. Using job-site test results for improving concrete quality -- chapter 13. Impact of specifications on concrete quality -- chapter 14. Impact of concrete quality on sustainability -- chapter 15. Elements of a quality management system for a concrete producer.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Concrete -- Quality control; Electronic books