Nonconventional Concrete Technologies -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- POTENTIAL MATRIX MATERIALS AND THEIR SYNTHESIS -- REINFORCEMENT AND LAYERED STRUCTURES -- PROCESSING -- SYSTEMS APPROACH -- 1 Introduction and Background -- STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF CONVENTIONAL PORTLAND CONCRETE -- Cement Paste -- Macro- and Microstructure -- Chemical and Mineral Admixtures -- SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE -- PROPERTIES OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE -- PERFORMANCE OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE -- ASSESSMENT OF CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IDEAL CONCRETE -- 2 Controlled Synthesis of Potential Matrix Materials and Reactive Additives -- GELATION AND RHEOLOGY CONTROL -- AGENTS TO CONTROL WATER AND SHRINKAGE -- Synthetic Polymers and Cellulose Derivatives -- Wood and Paper Waste Materials -- Swelling Clays -- High-Range Water Reducers (Superplasticizers) -- THERMAL CONTROL AGENTS -- REACTIVE INORGANIC ADDITIVES -- REBAR CORROSION CONTROL AGENTS -- EVOLUTION OF STRUCTURE OF CONCRETE -- Biomimetic Synthesis -- 3 Reinforcement -- PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS -- CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT -- Coatings for Steel Rebar Reinforcement -- Alternative Continuous Reinforcement -- DISCONTINUOUS-FIBER REINFORCEMENT -- MULTIPLE REINFORCING PHASES WITHIN A CONCRETE SYSTEM -- 4 Concrete Processing -- PROCESS CONTROL -- Control of Cement Feedstock Production -- Control of the Hydration Process -- Concrete Mixing Control -- Control of Fiber Mixing -- MATERIALS TESTING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE -- PLACEMENT METHODS -- 5 Systems Approach to Concrete Technology -- SYSTEMS APPROACH -- MODEL-BASED DESIGN -- KEY ENABLERS FOR THE APPLICATION OF A SYSTEMS APPROACH -- Fundamental Issues and Computational Models -- Smart Processing and Intelligent Systems -- LIFE-CYCLE COSTS.

SUMMARY -- References -- APPENDICES -- Appendix A Workshop Participants -- Appendix B Modern Sensor Technology -- REFERENCES -- Appendix C Conventional Concrete Test Procedures -- REFERENCE -- Appendix D Biographies of Committee Members and Technical Consultants -- Chemical Formulas of Cement Materials -- Glossary.