Title: Technical Note: Materials for Civil Engineering

Authors: W.J.McG. Tegart

Addresses: Secretary, Australian Science and Technology Council, Canberra, Australia

Abstract: The major materials of civil engineering are cement and concrete, bricks, metals such as steel and aluminium, and wood; other materials such as polymers, rubbers, bitumen, etc., have a lesser role but are significant because of their special properties. This Note considers these in turn and discuss developments and applications of traditional and new materials.

Keywords: civil engineering materials; cement; concrete; wood; polymers.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.1992.036573

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 1992 Vol.7 No.3, pp.300 - 306

Published online: 04 Nov 2010 *

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