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Summary
An important state-of-the-art report prepared by RILEM Technical Committee 108 ICC. It has been written by a team of leading international experts from the UK, USA, Canada, Israel, Germany, Denmark, South Africa, Italy and France. Research studies over recent years in the field of cement science have focused on the behaviour of the interfaces between the components of cement-based materials. The techniques used in other areas of materials science are being applied to the complex materials found in cements and concretes, and this book provides a significant survey of the present state of the art.
Table of Contents
| Contributors - RILEM Technical Committee 108-ICC | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction: The transition zone - discovery and development | |
| Microstructure | |
| Characterisation of interfacial microstructure | |
| Introduction | |
| Specimen preparation | |
| Characterisation techniques | |
| Features of interfacial microscopy | |
| Summary | |
| References | |
| Development and nature of interfacial microstructure | |
| Introduction | |
| Concretes | |
| Fibre-reinforced cements | |
| Conclusions | |
| References | |
| Properties of transition zone | |
| Tests to determine the mechanical properties of the interfacial zone | |
| Introduction | |
| Problems of specimen preparation for the measurement of interfacial mechanical properties | |
| Measurements of interfacial properties | |
| Elastic properties | |
| Suggestions for further research | |
| Conclusion | |
| References | |
| Mechani cal modelling of the transition zone | |
| Introdution | |
| Composite nature of concrete | |
| A generalised continuum theory for concrete | |
| Conclusions | |
| References | |
| Micromechanics of the interface in fibre-reinforced cement materials | |
| Introduction | |
| Geometrical characterisation of the interface | |
| Mechanical characterisation of the interface | |
| Debonding criteria | |
| Discussion | |
| References | |
| Influence of transition zone on behaviour of concrete | |
| Influence of the interfacial transition zone on composite mechanical properties | |
| Introduction | |
| Reversibility limit and irreversibility mechanisms | |
| Behaviour beyond the reversibility breaking limit | |
| Elastic modulus and Poisson's ratio | |
| Crack propagation mechanisms | |
| Aggregate reactivity | |
| Conclusion | |
| References | |
| The effect of the transition zone on the transfer properties of concrete | |
| Introduction | |
| Transport properties and microstructure | |
| Transition zone and permeability | |
| Transition zone and ion diffusion | |
| References | |
| Action of environmental conditions | |
| Introduction | |
| Relationship between porosity and permeability | |
| Relationship between porosity and strength | |
| Relationship between interface and permeability and strength | |
| Strength of concrete and interface bond strength | |
| Morphology of the interfacial zone | |
| Durability | |
| Conclusions | |
| References | |
| The effects of ageing on the interfacial transition zone in concrete | |
| Introduction | |
| Effects during ageing | |
| Modification of the interfacial zone to alter the properties of concrete | |
| Concluding remarks | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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