Materials for Civil and Construction EngineersThis introduction gives engineering students a basic understanding of the material selection process and the behavior of materials ? a fundamental requirement for all civil and construction engineers performing design, construction, and maintenance. Since the authors cover the various materials used by civil and construction engineers in one useful reference, professors need assign only one book instead of using different books and handouts. The first section introduces the basic mechanistic properties of materials, environmental influences, basic material classes, and the atomic structure of materials. The second section, which represents a large portion of the book, presents the characteristics of the primary material types used in civil and construction engineering: steel, aluminum, aggregate, concrete, masonry, asphalt, and wood. The third part of the book is a lab manual that includes typical experiments performed by students at this level. |
