C-32
High Performance Concrete
1996, 104 pp.
$54.50

TThe 15 papers in the compilation have been selected with a specific objective of providing technical information to readers who would find it useful in practical applications. A sampling of the subject areas includes: economics, design and ductility, control, creep and shrinkage, evaluation of core strength, on-site early-age monitoring, stretching the paradigm, thermal stresses, and transportation structures.

Contents:
*Long-Term Characteristics of a Very High Strength Concrete,

by Pierre-Claude Aitcin, S L Sarcar, and P Laplante

*High Strength Concrete: Economics, Design, and

Ductility, by John Webb

*225 W. Wacker Drive, by Jaime Moreno

*Proportioning High-Strength Concrete to Control

Creep and Shrinkage, by Therese M Collins

*Evaluation of Core Strength in High-Strength Concrete,

by Robert L Yuan, Mostafa Ragab, Robert E Hill and

James E Cook

*High-performance Concrete Demystified, by Pierre-Claude

Aitcin and Adam Neville

*On-Site Early-Age Monitoring of High-Performance Concrete

Columns, by Buquan Miao, Omar Chaallal, Daniel Perraton,

and Pierre-Claude Aitcin

*High-Performance Concrete - Stretching the Paradigm,

by Stephen W Forster

*Effect of Coarse Aggregate Characteristics on Mechanical

Properties of High-Strength Concrete, by Pierre Claude

Aitcinand P K Mehta

*The Bridge of Joigny, by Yves Malier, Didier Brazillier,

and Stephane Roi

*Thermal Stresses in Large High-Strength Concrete Columns,

by William D Cook, Buquan Miao, Pierre-Claude Aitcin,

and Denis Mitchell

*Testing High-Strength Concrete Compressive Strength, by

Michael Lessard, Omar Chaallal, and Pierre-Claude Aitcin

*Freezing and Thawing: Comparison between Non-Air-Entrained

and Air-Entrained High-Strength Concrete, by Y Li, B W Langan,

and M A Ward

*High-Performance Concrete for Transportation Structures,

by Celik Ozyildirim

*Lessons Learned from Field Trials with High-Performance

Concrete, by J J Schemmel, M L Leming, and M R Hansen