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Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers, SI Edition

• Title Page


• Copyright Page


• Contents


• Preface


• About the Authors


• ONE Materials Engineering Concepts


• 1.1 Economic Factors


• 1.2 Mechanical Properties


• 1.2.1 Loading Conditions


• 1.2.2 Stress?Strain Relations


• 1.2.3 Elastic Behavior


• 1.2.4 Elastoplastic Behavior


• 1.2.5 Viscoelastic Behavior


• 1.2.6 Temperature and Time Effects


• 1.2.7 Work and Energy


• 1.2.8 Failure and Safety


• 1.3 Nonmechanical Properties


• 1.3.1 Density and Unit Weight


• 1.3.2 Thermal Expansion


• 1.3.3 Surface Characteristics


• 1.4 Production and Construction


• 1.5 Aesthetic Characteristics


• 1.6 Sustainable Design


• 1.7 Material Variability


• 1.7.1 Sampling


• 1.7.2 Normal Distribution


• 1.7.3 Control Charts


• 1.7.4 Experimental Error


• 1.8 Laboratory Measuring Devices


• 1.8.1 Dial Gauge


• 1.8.2 Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT)


• 1.8.3 Strain Gauge


• 1.8.4 Noncontact Deformation Measurement Technique


• 1.8.5 Proving Ring


• 1.8.6 Load Cell


• Summary


• Questions and Problems


• 1.9 References


• TWO Nature of Materials


• 2.1 Basic Materials Concepts


• 2.1.1 Electron Configuration


• 2.1.2 Bonding


• 2.1.3 Material Classification by Bond Type


• 2.2 Metallic Materials


• 2.2.1 Lattice Structure


• 2.2.2 Lattice Defects


• 2.2.3 Grain Structure


• 2.2.4 Alloys


• 2.2.5 Phase Diagrams


• 2.2.6 Combined Effects


• 2.3 Inorganic Solids


• 2.4 Organic Solids


• 2.4.1 Polymer Development, Structur