A basic building material, concrete is used in almost every building erected today. Concreting in cold weather requires special knowledge and skills in order to ensure accelerated hardening and high quality of plain- and reinforced-concrete structures. This book familiarizes concrete specialists with the characteristic features of concrete in cold weather, including the effects of frost, methods for hardening in subzero temperatures, and other challenges in cold-weather concreting. It also presents, for the first time, the ...
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A basic building material, concrete is used in almost every building erected today. Concreting in cold weather requires special knowledge and skills in order to ensure accelerated hardening and high quality of plain- and reinforced-concrete structures. This book familiarizes concrete specialists with the characteristic features of concrete in cold weather, including the effects of frost, methods for hardening in subzero temperatures, and other challenges in cold-weather concreting. It also presents, for the first time, the mechanism of the deteriorating effects of subzero temperatures. Both practical techniques and their underlying theories are covered.
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