Application of Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP) in Concrete Construction State-of-the-Art Report Prepared by Technical Committee 225-SAP

This is the state-of-the-art report prepared by the RILEM TC “Application of Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP) in concrete construction”. It gives a comprehensive overview of the properties of SAP, specific water absorption and desorption behaviour of SAP in fresh and hardening concrete, effects of the...

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Other Authors: Mechtcherine, Viktor (Editor), Reinhardt, Hans-Wolf (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
Series:RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • 1. Introduction, by Viktor Mechtcherine
  • 2. Terminology, by  Hans-W. Reinhardt, Daniel Cusson, Viktor Mechtcherine
  • 3. Superabsorbent Polymers (SAP), by Stefan Friedrich
  • 4. Kinetics of Water Migration in Cement-Based Systems Containing Super Absorbent Polymers, by Pietro Lura, Karen Friedemann, Frank Stallmach, Sven Mönnig, M. Wyrzykowski, Luis P. Esteves
  • 5. Effect of Superabsorbent Polymers on the Workability of Concrete and Mortar, by Romildo D. Toledo Filho, Eugenia F. Silva, Anne M. M. Lopes, Viktor Mechtcherine, Lukasz Dudziak
  • 6. Effect of Superabsorbent Polymers on Hardening Process of Binder Paste and Microstructure Development, by Guang Ye, Klaas van Breugel, Pietro Lura, Viktor Mechtcherine
  • 7.  Effects of Superabsorbent Polymers on Shrinkage of Concrete: Plastic, Autogenous, Drying, by Viktor Mechtcherine, Lukasz Dudziak
  • 8. Effect of Superabsorbent Polymers on the Mechanical Properties of Concrete, by Konstantin Kovler
  • 9. Effect of Superabsorbent Polymers on Durability of Concrete, by Hans W. Reinhardt, Alexander Assmann
  • 10. Practical Applications of Superabsorbent Polymers in Concrete and Other Building Materials, by  Daniel Cusson, Viktor Mechtcherine, Pietro Lura
  • Subject Index