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| Preface to Seventh Edition | |
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| A Pertinent Quotation | |
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| Concrete and Concrete Materials | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Concrete defined | |
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| Progress in concrete | |
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| Making good concrete | |
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| Important Properties of Concrete | |
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| General comments | |
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| Workability | |
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| Durability | |
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| Weathering resistance | |
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| Resistance to chemical deterioration | |
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| Resistance to erosion | |
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| Watertightness | |
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| Volume change | |
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| Strength | |
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| Elasticity | |
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| Creep and extensibility | |
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| Creep | |
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| Extensibility | |
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| Thermal properties | |
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| Weight | |
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| Effects of Various Factors on the Properties of Concrete | |
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| Entrained air content, cement content, and water content | |
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| Effects on workability | |
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| Effects on durability | |
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| Effects on permeability | |
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| Effects on volume change | |
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| Effects on strength | |
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| Effects on elasticity | |
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| Effects on creep and extensibility | |
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| Effects on thermal properties | |
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| Effects on unit weight | |
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| Composition and fineness of portland cement | |
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| Compound composition of cement | |
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| Types of cement | |
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| Fineness of cement | |
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| False set in cement | |
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| Use of pozzolans | |
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| Quality and gradation of aggregates | |
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| Contaminating substances | |
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| Soundness | |
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| Strength and resistance to abrasion | |
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| Volume change | |
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| Particle shape | |
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| Specific gravity | |
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| Gradation | |
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| Quality of mixing and curing water | |
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| Use of admixtures | |
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| Accelerators | |
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| Air-entraining agents | |
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| Water-reducing and set-controlling admixtures | |
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| Field control | |
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| Control of heat generation and cracking in concrete | |
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| Investigation and Selection of Concrete Materials | |
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| Prospecting for Aggregate Materials | |
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| General comments | |
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| Maps and materials information | |
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| Geological and related characteristics of aggregates and aggregate deposits | |
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| Types of deposits | |
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| Classification and characteristics of rocks | |
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| Chemical suitability of aggregates | |
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| Prospecting | |
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| Preliminary sampling of prospective aggregate sources and reporting of related information | |
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| Sand and gravel deposits | |
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| Prospective rock quarries | |
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| Exploration of Natural Aggregate Deposits | |
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| General procedure | |
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| Exploratory excavations | |
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| Steel-cased test holes | |
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| Uncased test holes | |
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| Test pits | |
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| Trenches | |
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| Designation of deposits and of test holes and test pits | |
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| Reports and samples required | |
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| Facilities for Materials Testing at Denver | |
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| Laboratory facilities | |
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| Denver Tests and Selection of Aggregates | |
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| Tests of aggregates | |
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| Analysis of field and laboratory data | |
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| Quantity of aggregate | |
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| The selected aggregate | |
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| Prospecting for Pozzolanic Materials | |
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| Classification of pozzolans | |
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| Geologic occurrences of pozzolan | |
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| Samples and information required | |
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| Denver Tests and Investigation of Pozzolanic Materials | |
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| Tests and analyses of pozzolanic materials | |
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| Denver Investigations of Other Materials | |
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| Cement investigations | |
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| Investigations of admixtures and sealing compounds | |
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| Sampling and analysis of water and soil | |
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| Concrete Mixes | |
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| General comments | |
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| Selection of proportions | |
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| Estimate of water requirements | |
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| Estimate of cement requirements | |
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| Estimate of aggregate requirements | |
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| Computations of proportions | |
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| Example 1 | |
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| Example 2 | |
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| Batch weights for field use | |
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| Adjustment of trial mix | |
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| Concrete mix tests | |
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| Mixes for small jobs | |
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| Inspection, Field Laboratory Facilities, and Reports | |
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| Inspection | |
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| Concrete control | |
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| Administrative instructions | |
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| The inspector | |
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| Daily inspection reports | |
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| The inspection supervisor | |
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| Field Laboratory Facilities | |
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| The field laboratory | |
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| Lists of laboratory equipment | |
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| Facilities for curing concrete test specimens | |
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| Water tanks | |
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| Storage in moist sand | |
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| Fogrooms | |
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| Reports and Evaluation of Test Data | |
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| Reports | |
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| Narrative portion | |
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| Summarized tabulations | |
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| Evaluation of test data | |
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| Concrete Manufacturing | |
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| Materials | |
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| Aggregate production and control | |
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| Sand production | |
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| Wet processing of sand | |
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| Spiral classifiers | |
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| Reciprocating rake classifiers | |
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| Hydraulic classifiers | |
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| Hydraulic sizers | |
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| Wet process screens | |
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| Dry processing of sand | |
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| Production and handling of coarse aggregate | |
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| Screen analyses | |
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| Deleterious substances in aggregate | |
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| Beneficiation of aggregates | |
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| Heavy media separation | |
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| Hydraulic jigging | |
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| Elastic fractionation | |
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| Control of surface moisture in aggregate | |
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| Specific gravity | |
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| Miscellaneous tests of aggregate | |
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| Aggregate purchased | |
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| Cement | |
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| Water | |
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| Admixtures | |
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| Batching and Control Facilities for Large Concrete Jobs | |
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| Weight vs. volume batching | |
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| Batching equipment | |
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| Checking scales | |
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| Graphic recorders | |
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| Batching Methods and Facilities for the Average Job | |
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| Central batching by weight | |
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| Weighing equipment | |
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| Batching of liquids | |
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| Mixing | |
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| General | |
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| Truck mixers and agitators | |
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| Quality Control of Concrete | |
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| General | |
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| Consistency | |
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| Slump | |
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| Compressive strength | |
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| Air content and unit weight | |
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| Hot and Cold Weather Precautions in Concrete Production | |
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| Hot weather precautions | |
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| Cold weather precautions | |
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| Handling, Placing, Finishing, and Curing | |
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| Preparations for Placing | |
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| Foundations | |
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| Rock | |
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| Earth | |
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| Porous underdrains | |
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| Construction joints | |
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| Forms | |
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| Marking dates on concrete work | |
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| Reinforcement steel and embedded parts | |
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| Final inspection | |
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| Contractor's preparations | |
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| Transporting | |
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| Plant layout and methods | |
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| Transporting | |
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| Buckets | |
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| Cars and trucks | |
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| Chutes | |
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| Belt conveyors | |
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| Pneumatic methods | |
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| Pumping | |
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| Placing | |
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| The mortar layer | |
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| General discussion of concrete placement | |
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| Mass concrete | |
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| Tunnel lining | |
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| Preparation for lining | |
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| Control of seeping or dripping water | |
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| Concrete for tunnel lining | |
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| Placing concrete in tunnel lining | |
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| Monolithic siphons | |
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| Canal lining | |
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| The concrete mix | |
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| Reinforcement | |
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| Placing the lining | |
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| Contraction joints | |
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| Precast concrete pipe | |
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| General | |
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| Cast pipe | |
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| Centrifugally spun pipe | |
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| Tamped and packerhead pipe | |
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| Prestressed pipe | |
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| Roller-compacted asbestos-cement pipe | |
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| Cast-in-place concrete pipe | |
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| General | |
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| Concrete | |
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| Vibrators | |
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| Surface imperfections | |
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| Bond with reinforcement and embedded parts | |
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| Waste concrete | |
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| Shutting down concreting operations | |
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| Placing concrete in water | |
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| Removal of Forms, and Finishing | |
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| Removal of forms | |
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| Repair of concrete | |
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| Types and treatments of formed surfaces | |
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| Finish F1 | |
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| Finish F2 | |
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| Finish F3 | |
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| Finish F4 | |
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| Finish F5 | |
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| Special stoned finishes | |
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| Sack-rubbed finish | |
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| Sandblast finish | |
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| Vacuum-processed finish | |
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| Removing stains from formed surfaces | |
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| Finishing unformed surfaces | |
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| Finish U1 | |
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| Finish U2 | |
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| Finish U3 | |
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| Finish U4 | |
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| Preventing hair cracks | |
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| Special requirements for concrete surfaces subject to high-velocity flow | |
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| Surfaces of outlet works conduits and tunnels | |
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| Surfaces of tunnel spillways | |
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| Surfaces of open-flow spillways | |
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| Painting and dampproofing of concrete | |
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| Painting | |
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| Dampproofing | |
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| Curing | |
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| Moist curing | |
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| Curing with sealing membranes | |
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| Steam curing | |
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| Concreting Under Severe Weather Conditions | |
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| Precautions to be observed during hot weather | |
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| Precautions to be observed during cold weather | |
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| Repair and Maintenance of Concrete | |
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| General requirements for workmanship | |
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| Methods of repair | |
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| Repair of new work | |
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| Repair of old work | |
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| Epoxy-bonded repairs | |
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| Preparation of concrete for repair | |
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| Dry pack | |
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| Concrete replacement | |
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| Mortar replacement | |
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| Use of dry-pack mortar | |
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| Procedure for replacement of formed concrete | |
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| Procedure for replacement of unformed concrete | |
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| Procedure for mortar replacement | |
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| Procedures for uses of epoxies | |
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| Repairs under seepage conditions | |
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| Curing of repairs | |
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| Treatment for protection of concrete against weathering | |
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| General discussion | |
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| Preparation of surfaces | |
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| Treatment of surfaces | |
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| Procedure for repair of transverse cracks in concrete siphons | |
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| Procedure for repair of precast concrete pipe | |
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| General | |
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| Methods of repair | |
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| Preparation of imperfections for repair | |
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| Hand-placed mortar replacement | |
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| Pneumatically applied mortar replacement | |
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| Concrete replacement | |
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| Curing of repairs | |
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| Testing repaired pipe | |
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| Special Types of Concrete and Mortar | |
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| Lightweight Concrete | |
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| Definition and uses | |
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| Types of lightweight aggregate | |
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| Cinders | |
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| Expanded slag | |
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| Expanded shale and clay | |
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| Natural aggregate | |
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| Properties of lightweight aggregates | |
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| Construction control of lightweight concrete | |
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| Heavyweight Concrete | |
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| Definition and uses | |
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| Types of heavy aggregate | |
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| Barite | |
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| Mineral ores (limonite, magnetite) | |
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| Iron products | |
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| Nailing Concrete | |
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| Definition, use, and types | |
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| Sawdust concrete | |
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| Types and grading of sawdust | |
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| Porous Concrete | |
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| Definition and use | |
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| Prepacked Concrete | |
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| Definition and use | |
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| Properties of prepacked concrete | |
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| Mortar materials and consistency | |
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| Coarse aggregate | |
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| Construction procedures | |
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| Prestressed Concrete | |
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| Definition and use | |
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| Vacuum-Processed Concrete | |
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| Definition, characteristics, and uses | |
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| Vacuum forms and panels | |
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| Processing procedure | |
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| Concrete Floor Finish | |
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| Requirements for a satisfactory finish | |
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| Concrete floors placed as a monolith | |
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| Bonded concrete and mortar floors | |
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| Aggregate | |
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| Proportioning and mixing | |
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| Preparation of the base | |
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| Screeds | |
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| Depositing, compacting, and screeding | |
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| Finishing | |
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| Floating | |
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| Troweling | |
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| Grinding | |
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| Protection and curing | |
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| Liquid hardener treatments | |
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| Nonslip finish | |
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| Colored finish | |
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| Terrazzo finish | |
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| Pneumatically Applied Mortar | |
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| Definition and use | |
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| Preparation of surfaces to be treated | |
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| Sand | |
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| Rebound | |
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| The optimum mix | |
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| Mixing | |
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| Equipment | |
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| Placing and curing | |
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| Uses and essential properties | |
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| Types of nonsettling mortars | |
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| Prolonged or delayed mixing | |
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| Addition of aluminum powder | |
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| Use of special cement | |
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| Machine base grouting procedure | |
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| Mortar Lining and Coating of Steel Pipe | |
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| Definition and uses | |
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| Inplace mortar linings | |
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| Shop-applied mortar linings and coatings | |
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| Surface preparation | |
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| Materials | |
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| Exterior coatings | |
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| Interior linings | |
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| Specials | |
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| Field coating of joints | |