Interfacial Transition Zone in Cementitious Composites

"This book addresses the need to resolve the ITZ's influence on engineering and durability characteristics of cementious composites, identifies the systems and properties that are affected by it, and quantifies these effects in order to prepare the base for engineering design tools. This volume presents the proceedings of the Second International RILEM conference on the Interfacial Transition Zone in cementious composites, held in Haifa, Israel in 1998"--Provided by publisher.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Part One: Keynote Lecture; 1 The Interfacial Transition Zone: Reality or Myth?; Part Two: Modeling, Characterization and Quantification of ITZ Structure and Properties; 2 Concrete: A Multi-scale Interactive Composite; 3 Fracture of the Bond Between Aggregate and Matrix: An Experimental and Numerical Study; 4 Introduction of Syneresis in Cement Paste; 5 Two-dimensional Concrete Models Using Metal Aggregates; 6 Interfacial Transition and Destruction in Hardening of Water-Silicate Dispersion Systems

Part Three: Role of ITZ in Controlling Diffusion and Permeability7 Gas Permeability of Mortars in Relation with the Microstructure of Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ); 8 Modeling the Modification of Chloride Penetration in Relation to the ITZ Damage; 9 Influence of the Interfacial Transition Zone on the Resistance of Mortar to Calcium Leaching; 10 Evaluation of the Interfacial Transition Zone in Concrete Affected by Alkali-Silica Reaction; Part Four: Role of ITZ in Controlling Durability of Concrete

11 Influence of the Interfacial Transition Zone on the Frost Resistance of Calcareous Concretes12 Granitic Rocks Attack by …