"Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete Structures: Laboratory Manual" is a comprehensive guide designed to assist students, researchers, and professionals in understanding and conduct non-destructive testing (NDT) on concrete structures. This practical manual provides step-by-step instructions and detailed explanations of various NDT techniques commonly used for evaluating the integrity and quality of concrete. It covers different methods, including ultrasonic testing, infrared thermography, rebound hammer testing, impact echo testing, and ground-penetrating radar. The book emphasizes a hands-on approach, with each technique accompanied by clear diagrams and photographs. Readers will learn how to prepare concrete samples, operate the testing equipment, interpret test results, and draw conclusions about the structural health of concrete elements. Furthermore, the laboratory manual highlights essential considerations, such as safety precautions, limitations of each method, and factors that may affect test results. It also discusses the significance of NDT in assessing durability, detecting defects, and guiding repair and maintenance strategies for concrete structures. "Non-Destructive Testing on Concrete Structures: Laboratory Manual" serves as an invaluable resource for civil engineering students, researchers in structural assessment, and professionals working in the construction and infrastructure industries. It equips readers with the necessary knowledge and practical skills to effectively utilize NDT techniques and make informed decisions regarding the condition of concrete structures.

This is a reference book. Although it might conceivably be read in the order in which the subjects appear it was designed to be consulted subject to subject as one uses a dictionary or encyclopedia. To facilitate quick identification and location of building materials, characteristics and problems they are first listed in the table of contents, repeated in the chapter headings and listed in the index. In addition to describing how building materials respond to environmental stresses in terms of their mechanical, electrical, chemical and thermal properties, brief references to their normal behavior and a comparison of various material characteristics has been included. Most of the information gathered and presented here represents the contemporary developments of ancient building lore. The increasing importance of renewal, rehabilitation, retrofit and restoration is placing added importance on material behavior. A separate and distinct field of building science is emerging as increasingly sophisticated instruments are linked to the growing ability and decreasing costs of computer analysis. This book describes one segment of a new building science-that of building diagnosis.

Civil engineers will value this resource that examines the tools and techniques used to estimate the in-place strength on concrete, permeation properties that relate to potential durability, and the methods used to assess the internal condition of concrete and the corrosion activity of steel reinforcement.

This book highlights advances in the fields of civil engineering and construction industry with a particular focus on Structural Engineering and Construction Management. This book consists of top quality and innovative research papers selected from the proceedings of the 12th ICSECM 2021 under the themes of Innovations in Building Materials, Construction Management, Tall buildings, Concrete Technology and High Performance concrete, Geotechnical Engineering, Water and Waste Water Treatment, CKDu problem in Sri Lanka, Structural Health Monitoring & Design of Resistive Structures, Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Built Environment, Fibre Reinforced Polymer, Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings and Fire Safety Engineering.