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Materials Chapter 2 Reinforced concrete Cement - Aggregate Coarse Fine - Water - Admixture Cement Water-cement ratio0. To 0. High strength concreteas low as 0. Hydration processcalcium silicate Hydrate Heat of hydration aggregate 65 to 75% volume Fine aggregatestone chips, brick chips, gravel Fine aggregatesand concrete unit weight -140 to 152 pcf, 145pcf Lightweight aggregate-shale, slate,

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Chapter 2

Materials Chapter 2 Reinforced concrete Cement - Aggregate Coarse Fine - Water - Admixture Cement Water-cement ratio0. To 0. High strength concreteas low as 0. Hydration processcalcium silicate Hydrate Heat of hydration aggregate 65 to 75% volume Fine aggregatestone chips, brick chips, gravel Fine aggregatesand concrete unit weight -140 to 152 pcf, 145pcf Lightweight aggregate-shale, slate,

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Materials

Chapter 2

Reinforced Concrete
Concrete
Cement Aggregate
Coarse Fine

Water Admixture

Cement
Ordinary Portland Cement- Type I CaO-Limestone SiO2 Al2O3 -Clay or shale Ground, blended and fused to clinker in kiln Gypsum is added

Comes in bag of 50kg

Cement
Water-cement ratio- 0.4 to 0.6 High strength concrete- as low as 0.21 Hydration process- calcium silicate Hydrate Heat of hydration

Aggregate
65 to 75% volume Coarse aggregate- stone chips, brick chips, gravel Fine aggregate- sand Concrete unit weight -140 to 152 pcf, 145pcf Lightweight aggregate-shale, slate, slags, brick chips Heavy weight aggregate Recycled concrete

Proportioning and mixing Conveying, Placing, compacting and curing

Quality Control

Admixtures
To improve concrete performance Air-entraining Accelerating Set Retarding Plasticizer, super plasticizers Viscosity modifying-self compacting

Properties in Compression

Poissons ratio 0.15 to 0.20

Creep

Properties in tension

High strength concrete


8 to 20 ksi or higher High performance concrete

Reinforcement
Strong Bond-no slip

Reinforcing Bars

Stress strain curves

TMT bars

Prestressing steel

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