3 credits
Spring 2025 Distance Learning LectureMicrostructure of concrete. Physicochemical properties of cements and their hydration. Nature of hardened cement paste. Properties of aggregates. Workability, strength, shrinkage, creep, and fracture of concrete. Durability, freezing and thawing, air-entertainment, reactions of aggregates, chemical attack. Influence of microstructure on engineering properties of concrete. Prerequisite: CE 53000.
Course CE 631 from Purdue University - West Lafayette.