Testing of Construction Materials - A, Bahurudeen

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Résumé :
This book describes peer-reviewed international construction materials testing methods including cement, concrete, bricks, lime, paints, steel and so forth, as per Indian, American, European, German and South African standards. Modern sophisticated material testing techniques like SEM, TGA and XRD are also described.

Biographie:

Bahurudeen A is a Faculty in Civil Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS Pilani) Hyderabad Campus, India. He completed his PhD in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras). He served as Senior Scientific Officer at IIT Madras. His research focus involves scientific understanding on properties of construction materials. He published 6 patents, 30 refereed journals and 27 international conference papers on evaluation of construction materials. Moreover, he is a Primary Developer for Outcome-based course content for Construction materials and Technology course, which is an MHRD sponsored national pedagogy project. He completed several real-time consultancy projects and actively involved in many educational bodies.

PVP Moorthi is the Technical Head of Engineering Delight Academy, Salem, India. He has completed his Master in Infrastructure Engineering and Management from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, (BITS Pilani), Rajasthan. He had published several research articles in reputed journals and conferences. His areas of exposure include construction materials, rheology of cementitious materials and non-destructive testing.