Concrete Materials and Technology: A Practical Guide (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781032470184)

Kambiz Janamian is an experienced civil engineer and concrete technologist. He worked for more than 10 years in ready mixed concrete plants as the QC and development supervisor and consultant. He also worked as a concrete admixture formulator and researcher for many years. He was the supervisor for many joint projects between the concrete industry and universities. His research is related to concrete mix design, concrete admixtures, PCE super-plasticizers, ultra-high-performance concrete, and many other subjects related to the concrete technology. He published five books on concrete technology with the subjects of high-performance concrete, shrinkage and cracks in concrete, concrete admixtures, concrete mix design, and using of plasticizers and super-plasticizers.

José Barroso Aguiar is an associate professor with habilitation at the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Minho, Portugal. He gained his BSc in civil engineering in 1982 and received his PhD in civil engineering in 1990. He has over 250 publications. His main areas of interest include durability of concrete, concrete-polymer composites, incorporation of wastes in concrete, and energy efficiency of buildings. He published a book A Comprehensive Method for Concrete Mix Design, 2020, Materials Research Forum.