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Building materials in civil . engineering
Editor-in-Chief: Haimei Zhang Translator: Shuo Ma, Yanyan Wu

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WOODHEAD PUBLISHING

Oxford Cambridge Philadelphia New Delhi

Science Press

Published by Woodhead Publishing Limited, 80 High Street, Sawston, Cambridge CB22 3H5, UK www.woodheadpublishing.com Woodhead Publishing, 1518 Walnnt Street, Suite 1100, Philadelphia, PA19023406, USAWoodhead Publishing India Private Limited, G-2, Vardaan House, 7/28 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002, India www.woodhead publishingindia. com Published in China by Science Press, 16 Donghuangchengggen North Street, Beijing 100717, China First published 201 1, Woodhead Publishing Limited and Science Press 0Woodhead Publishing Limited and Science Press, 201 1 The authors have asserted theirmoral rights. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Woodhead Publishing ISBN 978-1-84569-955-0 (print) Woodhead Publishing ISBN 978-1 -84569-956-7 (online) Typeset by (Science Press to add) Printed by (Science Press to add)

Preface

As one of the Programming Textbooks for New-century Higher Vocational andProfessional Civil Engineering, this book is published by Science Press in August, 2001. This book has won the special prize of 2001-2003 Programming Textbooks for National IIigher Vocational and Professional Civil Engineering proposed by Textbook Construction Expert Committee of Chinese Academy of Sciences. It has gained good evaluations from peer experts, construction technicians and teachers. It isone of the “Eleventh Five-year Plan” National Textbooks for General Higher Education. This book is suitable for students majoring in “Civil Engineering”, “Construction Engineering”, “Engineering Supervision”, “Costing Engineering”, and “Water Supply and Drainage Engineering”, also for the engineers and technicians engaging in the relevant specialties. For the sake of requirements for highervocational and profcssional teaching and vocational education, this book not only focuses on cement, concrete, steel, new waterproof materials, but also introduces the environment-friendly materials. It tries to make the teaching materials more applicable, more substantial, more succinct, and more novel. Since it ‘was published, this book has been amended and rewritten carefully to satisfj the newamended national regulations and standards. Due to the limited knowledge in the compilation of this book, mistakes and errors cannot be fully avoided. The comments and criticism from the readers will be highly appreciated.

Zhang tIaimci June, 2010

Contents

Preface ...........................................................................................................................
1Introduction ............................................................................................................

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1.1 Definitions and Classifications of Building Materials ....................... 1 1.2 Characteristics of Building Materials and Their Status in Architecture ................................................................................................. 2 3 1.3 TheDevelopment of Building Materials .............................................. 1.4 The Introduction of Building Materials’ Technical Standards .........4 1.5 Characters, Purposes, Tasks and Learning Methods of Building Materials Curriculum ................................................................................ 5
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The Basic Properties of Building Materials.................................................

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2.1 Compositions and Structures of Materials and the Influence of Their Constructions on the Properties ................................................... 2.2 Physical Properties of Materials ........................................................... 2.3 Mechanical Properties of Materials ..................................................... 2.4 Decorativeness...