Civil Engineering Materials

1 Fundamentals of Materials

1.1 Composition and structure

1.1.1 Composition

1.1.2 Structure

1.2 Physical properties

1.3Mechanical properties

1.4 Durability

2 Inorganic cementing materials

2.1 Gypsum

2.1.1 Manufacture

2.1.2 Setting and hardening

2.1.3 Properties and uses

2.2 Lime

2.2.1 The Family of Limes

2.2.2 Manufacture

2.2.3 Hardening of lime

2.2.4 Applications

2.2.5 Advantages of Lime in Construction

2.3 Alkali-activated Cement

2.3.1 Introduction

2.3.2 Raw materials

2.3.3 Cement hydration

2.3.4 Applications

2.3 Portland cement

2.3.1 Manufacturing of Portland cement

2.3.2 Portland cement clinker

2.3.3 Cement hydration

2.3.4 properties

2.3.5 Corrosion and Prevention of Hardened Cement

2.3.6 Application and storage

2.3.7 Blended cement

2.3.8 Portland cement with special properties

2.4 Calcium sulfoaluminate cement

2.4.1 Manufacture and mineral composition

2.4.2 Hydration of calcium sulfoaluminate cement

2.4.3 Properties of calcium sulfoaluminate cement

2.4.4 Application

2.5 Calcium aluminate cements

2.5.1Manufacture; chemical and mineralogical compositions

2.5.2Hydration of CACs

2.5.3 Application

3 Portland Cement Concrete

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Types of Concrete

3.3 Raw materials

3.3.1 Mixing water

3.3.2 Cement

3.3.3 Aggregate

3.3.4 Green aggregate

3.3.5 Supplementary cementing materials

3.3.6 Chemical admixtures

3.4 Concrete at fresh state

3.4.1 Batching, mixing and transporting

3.4.2 Placing, finishing and curing

3.4.3 Workability

3.4.4 Properties at early age

3.5 Mechanical properties

3.6 Deformation

3.7 Durability

3.8 Mix design

3.9Ultra-high performance concrete

3.10 Steam-cured concrete

3.11 Self-compacting concrete

4 Bricks, Blocks and building mortar

4.1 Fired Bricks and blocks

4.1.1 Fired common Bricks

4.1.2 Fired Perforated Bricks and block

4.2 Non-Fired Bricks

4.3 Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Blocks

4.4 Normal concrete small blocks

4.5 Building mortar

4.5.1 Raw materials

4.5.2 The main technical properties of mortar

4.6 Other kinds of building mortar

4.6.1 Surface Mortar

4.6.2 Special Mortar

5 Metal

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Structural steel

5.2.1 Chemical composition

5.2.2 Strengthening mechanisms

5.2.3 Mechanical properties

5.2.4 Classifications of steel

5.3 Standards and Selection of Building Steel

5.4 Corrosion and Prevention of Steel

5.4.1 Reasons for Corrosion of Steel

5.4.2 Corrosion Prevention of Steel

5.5 Non-ferrous metals

5.5.1 Copper (Cu)

5.5.2 Aluminium (Al)

6 Wood

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Structure and composition

6.3 Engineering properties

6.3.1 Relative density

6.3.2 Moisture in Wood

6.3.3 Dimensional stability

6.3.4 Mechanical properties

6.3.5 Factors affecting the wood strength

6.4Wood-based composites

6.4.1 Composition and manufacture

6.4.2 Plywood

6.4.3 Oriented Strandboard

6.4.4 Particleboard

6.4.5 Fiberboard

6.4.6 Specialty composite materials

6.5 Durability

6.5.1 Moisture

6.5.2 Decay

6.5.3 Termites

6.5.4 Preservative treatments

7 Asphalt

7.1 Asphalt cement

7.2 Liquid asphalts

7.3 Asphalt concrete

7.3.1 Introduction

7.3.2 Composition and Structure

7.3.3 Response to Applied Loads

7.3.4 Response to Moisture

7.3.5 Response to Temperature

7.3.6 Response to Chemicals

7.3.7 Additives and Fillers

7.3.8 Superpave Mix Design

7.4.9 Asphalt in high-speed rail

8 Polymers

8.1 Engineering plastics

8.1.1 Introduction

8.1.2 The polymeric molecule

8.1.3 Thermoplastic Polymers

8.1.4 Thermosetting Polymers

8.2 Sealants

8.3 Adhesive

8.3.1 Composition and type of adhesive

8.3.2 Adhesion of adhesive

8.3.3 Types and properties of common adhesives

8.4 Fibre-Reinforced Polymer

8.4.1 Introduction

8.4.2 General Properties of FRP Materials

8.5 Water-proof materials