Temperature Development in Early Age Concrete Elements - Fundamentals, Prediction and Control

This shows how to predict time-temperature profiles in large concrete elements, resulting from the heat generated by the hydration of cement during the early stages of concrete construction. It sets out the evolution and flow of heat with finite-difference modelling, together with a number of case-studies.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Cement Hydration and Heat Evolution 2.Effects of Elevated Curing Temperatures on the Physical, Mechanical, and Durability Properties of Concrete 3. Modelling Temperature Development on Large Concrete Elements - a Finite-Difference Approach 4. Materials and Construction Methodologies for Early-Age Concrete Temperature Management and Control 5. Case Studies

About the author

Yunus Ballim is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in South Africa. He spent six years in the construction industry and has been a Civil Engineering academic since 1989. He has served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice Principal at the University of the Witwatersrand and as the founding Vice-Chancellor of the Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley, South Africa. He is a Senior Member of RILEM and an Honorary Fellow of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering.

Product details

• Authors: Yunus Ballim
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 23.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032749228
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274922-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Modern Concrete Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Structural, Mechanical Engineering, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Heat transfer processes