The Science and Technology of Civil Engineering Materials

I. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MATERIALS. 1. Atomic Bonding. 2. The Architecture of Solids. 3. Development of Microstructure. 4. Surface Properties. II. BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS UNDER STRESS. 5. Response of Materials to Stress. 6. Failure and Fracture. 7. Rheology of Fluids and Solids. 8. Fatigue. III. PARTICULATE COMPOSITES: PORTLAND CEMENT AND ASPHALT CONCRETES. 9. Particulate Composites. 10. Aggregates. 11. Portland Cement Concrete. 12. Asphalt Cements and Asphalt Concrete. IV. STEEL, WOOD, POLYMERS, AND COMPOSITES. 13. Steel. 14. Wood and Timber. 15. Polymers and Plastics. 16. Fiber Reinforced Composites. Solutions to Numerical Problems. Index.