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Product Identifiers

PublisherCRC Press LLC

ISBN-101482264102

ISBN-139781482264104

eBay Product ID (ePID)27038393836

Product Key Features

Book TitleShotcrete : Materials, Performance and Use

Number of Pages424 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicConstruction / General, Engineering (General), Structural, Civil / General

Publication Year2020

IllustratorYes

GenreTechnology & Engineering

AuthorMarc Jolin, Dudley Robert Morgan

Book SeriesModern Concrete Technology Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-031643

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal620.1/36

SynopsisShotcrete is concrete (or sometimes mortar) conveyed through a hose and pneumatically projected at high velocity onto a surface. In the dry-mix process, dry materials are conveyed by a "gun" down a hose using compressed air, and water is added at a nozzle at the end of the hose to wet out the material impacting on the receiving surface. Alternatively, in the wet-mix process air is added at an air ring in the nozzle at the end of the hose to propel the material at high velocity onto the receiving surface. This book uniquely provides a systematic, comprehensive, and up-to-date examination of all aspects of the shotcrete process, suitable for students, practicing engineers, specifying authorities, materials suppliers and contractors. It draws mainly on North American shotcrete practice and experience from the early 1900s to the present and on extensive Canadian university research. It examines the materials used for shotcrete production, provides guidance regarding mixture proportioning, discusses the performance requirements for shotcrete, and examines the test methods used to evaluate both plastic and hardened shotcrete. It presents a review of shotcrete equipment and the shotcrete application process, with a particular emphasis on the required knowledge and skills of the shotcrete nozzleman. Important safety issues relating to the use of the shotcrete process are also covered. Case histories of a wide range of shotcrete projects from the author's project files are presented, including new structural shotcrete applications, infrastructure rehabilitation and seismic retrofit, ground support and underground support in tunnels and mines., Shotcrete: Materials, Performance and Use is a comprehensive textbook covering the current state-of-the-art shotcrete technology. It provides an overview of the many and various uses of shotcrete. Shotcrete is well suited for construction of curvilinear structures (domes, shells, bobsleigh/luge tracks, etc.) and overhead shotcrete applications (seismic retrofit, repairs, ground support, etc.) that could not be constructed technically and/or economically using conventional formed, cast-in-place concrete construction methods. It contains chapters on history, shotcrete materials and mixture proportioning, performance, shotcrete research, equipment and shotcrete application. It is also comprised of shotcrete case history examples including buildings and structures, infrastructure repair and rehabilitation, ground support and shoring, underground support in tunnels and mines, swimming pools and spas, and, finally, architectural shotcrete. This text should be of interest to design engineers and architects considering the use of the technology, as well as academics. It serves as a useful guide to contractors using shotcrete in one or more of its many and various applications.

LC Classification NumberTA446.J65 2022