| Preface |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Notation |
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Modelling principles and techniques |
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2 | (3) |
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5 | (2) |
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The principal properties and test methods |
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7 | (14) |
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8 | (5) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (6) |
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Overview concerning properties of materials and test methods |
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20 | (1) |
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Theory of Particle Mixtures |
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21 | (23) |
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General theory of particle mixtures developed for mixtures of two single sized components |
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21 | (15) |
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Illustrations of the main mechanisms and interactions within particle mixtures |
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36 | (6) |
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General theory of particle mixtures developed for mixtures of two graded components |
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42 | (1) |
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General theory of particle mixtures developed for mixtures of three or more components |
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42 | (1) |
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Situations requiring special care or treatment |
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43 | (1) |
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Extension of the theory of particle mixtures to pastes, mortars and concretes |
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44 | (15) |
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Reference slump for mortars and concretes |
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44 | (1) |
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Pastes: extension of theory of particle mixtures to cement--water pastes and other powder--water pastes |
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44 | (2) |
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Mortars: extension of theory of particle mixtures to cement--sand mortars |
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46 | (1) |
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Concretes: extension of theory of particle mixtures to concrete |
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47 | (12) |
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Allowance for admixtures, air and other factors on water demand and strength of concrete |
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59 | (32) |
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Influence of admixtures on the water demand of concrete |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (5) |
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Time and temperature effects |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (24) |
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Comparisons between theoretical and experimental data for aggregates, mortar and concrete |
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91 | (56) |
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91 | (8) |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (46) |
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Proportions and properties of concrete predicted by the use of the theory of particle mixtures |
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147 | (12) |
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Fine/total aggregate percentage (per cent fines) |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (9) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (28) |
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A mineral addition for concrete |
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159 | (2) |
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Investigation of fine aggregate performance |
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161 | (1) |
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Design of concrete incorporating beavyweight aggregates |
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162 | (1) |
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An assessment of the concept of an ideal grading curve for aggregates or for concrete |
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163 | (10) |
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Further examples of optimisation of materials and concretes |
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173 | (14) |
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A user-friendly computerised system for general application |
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187 | (13) |
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187 | (1) |
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Preliminary calculations -- general |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (2) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (1) |
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193 | (4) |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (2) |
| Appendix A Effects of compaction methods on voids ratios |
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200 | (11) |
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A1 General considerations |
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200 | (1) |
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A2 Effect of compaction energy level on voids ratios |
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200 | (4) |
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A3 Relationships between z, the void band-width factor, and r, the size ratio |
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204 | (6) |
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A4 Overview of effects of energy level of compaction |
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210 | (1) |
| Appendix B Adjustment of input data |
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211 | (4) |
| Appendix C Relations between cement and concrete properties |
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215 | (15) |
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C1 Research of Rendchen on cement and concrete properties |
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215 | (8) |
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C2 Research of Bennett, Sumner, Sprung, Krell and others |
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223 | (2) |
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C3 Additional supporting information |
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225 | (3) |
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C4 Data analysis of cement and concrete data from C&CA from the 1960s |
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228 | (1) |
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C5 Overview in respect of selected cement properties and their relationship to concrete properties |
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229 | (1) |
| Appendix D Comparisons between different models for simulating aggregate combinations |
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230 | (5) |
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D1 Overview of alternative models |
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234 | (1) |
| Notes |
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235 | (5) |
| Bibliography |
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240 | (8) |
| Further reading |
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248 | (5) |
| Index |
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