George Garber

Design and Construction of Concrete Floors

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As well as structural design this thoroughly updated edition addresses crack control, flatness, wear resistance, slip resistance, and suitability for floor coverings. With more on polished concrete, limestone cement, and jointless floors, for structural engineers, architects and contactors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 3. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 663g
• ISBN-13: 9781032932828
• ISBN-10: 1032932821
• Artikelnr.: 72543622

Autorenporträt

George Garber has worked as a consulting engineer on the design and construction of concrete floors since 1979. He is a voting member of ASTM Committee E6 on the Performance of Buildings.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Thinking about Floor Design Part 1: How Floors are Used 1.
Nonindustrial Floors 2. Warehouses 3. Factories Part 2: Structural Design
4. Structural design of ground-supported floors 5. Structural design of
suspended floors Part 3: Concrete for Floors 6. Properties of plastic
concrete 7. Properties of hardened concrete 8. The components of concrete
9. Mix design and mixing 10. Transporting and placing concrete 11. Curing
12. Reinforcement Part 4: Joints and Cracks 13. Cracks 14. Curling 15.
Joints 16. Crack control in ground-supported floors 17. Crack control in
suspended floors Part 5: The Floor Surface 18. Floor finishing 19. Concrete
toppings 20. Surface regularity 21. Resistance to wear and chemical attack
22. Preparation for floorcoverings Part 6 Sustainability 23. Reducing
Carbon Footprint. Index