ABSTRACT

Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition of this popular textbook continues to provide a comprehensive coverage of the main construction materials for undergraduate students of civil engineering and construction related courses. It creates an understanding of materials and how they perform through a knowledge of their chemical and physical

part |2 pages

Part One Fundamentals W.D. Biggs, revised and updated by I.R. McColl and J.R. Moon

chapter |48 pages

Introduction

chapter |2 pages

Further reading

part |2 pages

Part Two Metals and alloys W.D. Biggs, revised and updated by I.R. McColl and J.R. Moon

chapter |33 pages

Introduction

chapter |1 pages

Further reading

part |2 pages

Part Three Concrete P.L.J. Domone

chapter |130 pages

Introduction

chapter |4 pages

Further reading

part |2 pages

Part Four Bituminous materials D.G. Bonner

chapter |39 pages

Introduction

chapter |1 pages

Further reading

part |2 pages

Part Five Brickwork and Blockwork R.C. de Vekey

chapter |60 pages

Introduction

chapter |4 pages

Further reading

part |2 pages

Part Six Polymers L. Hollaway

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part Seven Fibre Composites

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter |34 pages

Section 1 Polymer composites L. Hollaway

chapter |1 pages

Further reading

part |2 pages

Part Eight Timber J.M. Dinwoodie

chapter |117 pages

Introduction

chapter |1 pages

Further reading