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Concise Encyclopedia of Building & Construction Materials: (Advances in Materials Sciences and Engineering)

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Containing over 100 articles, specially written for this work or revised from the acclaimed Encylopedia of Materials Science & Engineering, the Concise Encyclopedia of Building & Construction Materials presents, in a single volume, the work of numerous specialists in the field. There are articles covering general building materials, their mechanical properties, and economic and historical aspects, as well as those dealing specifically with the use of materials such as clays, ceramics, cement, sand, gravels, glass, metals, wood, polymers, plastics and composites. Extensively illustrated and indexed throughout, the articles introduce the reader to one topic in turn, giving sources for further reading in the concise and up-to-date bibliographies with which each concludes. Intended primarily for all those interested in having a useful reference source in building and construction materials at hand, this work would also be the ideal course reference for students in architecture, civil and structural engineering and related disciplines.

Table of Contents:
A selection of articles: Acoustic properties of wood. Adhesives for wood. Architectural design and materials. Binders: Clay minerals. Brittle fracture: Linear elastic fracture mechanics. Building materials: An introduction. Carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics. Cellular materials in construction. Ceramics as construction materials. Composites: An overview. Construction materials: Industrial minerals. Corrosion of iron and steel. Crazing and cracking of polymers. Design with polymers. Design with wood. Economics of materials, energy and growth. Electrogalvanized steel. Epoxy resins. Failure analysis: General procedures and applications to metals. Fatigue: Engineering aspects. Fracture and fatigue of glass. Glazing. Glued joints in wood. Glued laminated timber. Ice and frozen earth as construction materials. International trade in materials. Iron production. Materials availability. Offshore structure materials. Paints, varnishes and lacquers. Particulate composites. Passive solar energy materials. Plasticity. Plastics and composites as building materials. Plywood. Portland cements, blended cements and mortars. Recycling of demolition wastes. Roofing materials. Sand and gravel. Sealants as building materials. Steel for construction. Structural clay products. Structure of materials. Viscoelasticity. Welding: An overview. Welding of bridges. Wood as a building material. Index. 1150 lit. refs. approx., 324 illus.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780080347288
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
  • Publisher Imprint: Pergamon Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0080347282
  • Publisher Date: 29 Jan 1990
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Series Title: Advances in Materials Sciences and Engineering


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