Innovative Materials and Techniques in Concrete Construction

1. Front Matter

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2. Non Finito: Challenges in Rehabilitation

   • Urs Meier

   Pages 1-16

3. New Materials and Construction Techniques in Bridge and Building Design

   • Hugo Corres-Peiretti, Sebastián Dieste, Javier León, Alejandro Pérez, Julio Sánchez, Cristina Sanz

   Pages 17-41

4. New Types of High Performance Concretes – Potentials for Innovations in Concrete Construction

   • Harald S. Müller, Michael Haist

   Pages 43-58

5. Integrated Concept for Service Life Design of Concrete Structures

   • Harald S. Müller, Michael Vogel, Tabea Neumann

   Pages 59-80

6. Sustainability with Ultra-High Performance and Geopolymer Concrete Construction

   • Tian Sing Ng, Yen Lei Voo, Stephen J. Foster

   Pages 81-100

7. Low-Carbon Concrete Using Ground Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag and Fly Ash

   • Koji Sakai, Takeju Matsuka, Yasunori Suzuki

   Pages 101-114

8. Recycled Aggregate Concrete for Structural Use – An Overview of Technologies, Properties and Applications

   • Snežana B. Marinković, Ivan S. Ignjatović, Vlastimir S. Radonjanin, Mirjana M. Malešev

   Pages 115-130

9. Mix Proportioning Method for Lightweight Aggregate SCC (LWASCC) Based on the Optimum Packing Point Concept

   • Michael Kaffetzakis, Catherine Papanicolaou

   Pages 131-151

10. Fibres in Concrete Structures

    • György L. Balázs

    Pages 153-165

11. Sustainable Roof Elements: A Proposal Offered by Cementitious Composites Technology

    • Marco di Prisco, Liberato Ferrara, Marco Lamperti, Simone Lapolla, Anna Magri, Giulio Zani

    Pages 167-181

12. Heterogeneous Fiber-Particle Composite Subjected to Principal Stress Rotation

    • Benny Suryanto, Kohei Nagai, Koichi Maekawa

    Pages 183-196

13. Effect of Steel Fibers on the Flexural Ductility of Lightly Reinforced Concrete Beams

    • Avraham N. Dancygier, Erez Berkover

    Pages 197-207

14. Innovative Textile-Based Cementitious Composites for Retrofitting of Concrete Structures

    • Thanasis Triantafillou

    Pages 209-223

15. Strength and Deformability of Concrete Members Wrapped with Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites with a Large Rupture Strain

    • Jian-Guo Dai, Tamon Ueda

    Pages 225-241

16. Innovative Techniques for Seismic Retrofitting of RC Joints

    • Idris Bedirhanoglu, Alper Ilki, Nahit Kumbasar

    Pages 243-251

17. External Strengthening of Continuous RC Beams with CFRP

    • Pieter Desnerck, Lander Vasseur, Stijn Matthys, Luc Taerwe

    Pages 253-266

18. Prestressed FRP Fabrics for Flexural Strengthening of Concrete

    • Marco Menegotto, Giorgio Monti, Marc’Antonio Liotta

    Pages 267-282

19. Assessment of the Fire Damage of Concrete Members after Fire Exposure

    • Emmanuel Annerel, Luc Taerwe

    Pages 283-290

20. Robustness of Shrinkage-Compensating Repair Concretes

    • Pierre-Vincent Certain, Benoît Bissonnette, Josée Bastien, Jacques Marchand, Marc Jolin

    Pages 291-301

Recent years have seen enormous advances in the technology of concrete as a material, through which its strength, compactness and ductility can reach levels never dreamed of before. Thanks to these improved material properties, the strength and durability of concrete structures is greatly improved, their weight and dimensions reduced, the scope of concrete as a structural material is widened and – despite the higher material costs – overall economy is possible, with positive impacts on sustainability as well. Similar advances are underway in reinforcing materials, notably high strength steel and fibre-reinforced polymers, and in the way they are combined with concrete into high performance structures. Developments in materials and equipment, as well as new concepts, have lead to innovative construction techniques, reducing cost and construction time and making possible the application of concrete under extreme conditions of construction or environment. All these advances will be highlighted in the book by the top experts in the field of concrete structures, namely those currently active in the field’s leading and truly international scientific and technical association: the International Federation of Structural Concrete (fib) www.fib-international.org.

Audience: Practicing engineers and firms, academics, researchers and graduate students, will all find the book timely, informative and very interesting.

• Concrete construction
• Concrete design
• Concrete engineering
• Concrete materials
• Concrete structures

• University of Patras, Patras, Greece

  Michael N. Fardis

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