Materials Science of Concrete, Special Volume: Cement and Concrete - Trends and Challenges

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Andrew J. Boyd, Sidney Mindess, Jan P. Skalny
Wiley, Apr 28, 2002 - Technology & Engineering - 202 pages
This workshop brought together representatives from different areas of the cement and concrete community to discuss future trends and challenges in the field of concrete materials. Topics include developments and their potential for application, industry's view on what it needs from academia, academia's view on what it expects from industry and what they have to offer, technical advances and barriers to advancement, the role of governments, business issues, and ecological and societal barriers.

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Contents

From Material to the Structure from Theory to Application
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Nucleation and Growth in Concrete Research
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Development of New Generations of Concretes in Poland
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About the author (2002)

Andrew J. Boyd was born in Cleveland, Ohio, studied under Eastman Kodak Company for lighting, film manufacture and development. He started a career in photography in the mid 1950's doing commercial and advertising photography for Cleveland and New York agencies. He was one of the first photographers in the Cleveland area to present full-color commercial work. Taking a long break from photography he worked as an engineer before returning to photojournalistic work for several magazines. Andrew has authored 15 books during his career, several on digital photography. More recently he has concentrated on writing in an effort to better explain his photographic art technique to enable others to learn and enjoy this wonderful art medium.

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