Concrete Structures – Materials, Maintenance, and Repair

Topics

• ChidiacPortland Cement and its constituent phases
• Role of water in hydrated cement systems
• Hydration parameters
• Limiting hydration
• State of water
• Porosity
• Engineering properties
• Structural models for C-S-H
• Hydration mechanisms
• Through solution
• Solid state
• Pore structure determination
• Role of admixtures and supplementary cementing materials
• Analysis of fresh and hardened concrete