Civil Engineering Materials

Author: Qian Hongping
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book is one of the planned teaching materials for civil engineering in higher education in the 21st century. It primarily introduces the basic composition, production processes, material properties, quality requirements, application scope, and testing methods of commonly used civil engineering materials. The content of the book mainly includes: hydraulic cements, concrete, building mortar, wall and roof materials, asphalt, asphalt mixtures, inorganic binder-stabilized materials, synthetic polymer materials, building steel, waterproofing materials, decorative building materials, thermal insulation and sound-absorbing materials, and civil engineering material testing. The book adopts the latest national or industry standards and can be used as a teaching textbook for undergraduate civil engineering and construction programs in higher education, as well as a reference book for civil engineering design, construction, research, and management personnel.