The Basics of Aggregates - Manuel Bustillo Revuelta

The Basics of Aggregates

Buch | Hardcover
XI, 348 Seiten
2024 | 2024
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-42960-6 (ISBN)
90,94 inkl. MwSt
Aggregates are among the most common natural resource used in everyday's life, having enhanced life quality. They are essential for construction, being utilized in nearly all residential, commercial, and industrial building construction and most public work projects such as roads, highways and bridges, railroad beds, dams, airports, tunnels, and many others. In the future, the rebuilding of deteriorated roads, highways, bridges, airports, seaports, and private and public buildings will require vast amounts of aggregate. Although it is almost impracticable to know the total amount of aggregates extracted every year globally, it is roughly estimated that annual aggregate production totals about 25 billion tons. Both developed and developing nations require extensive use of aggregates.
The book "The Basics of Aggregates" covers all topics related to utilizing this type of material, including the properties of aggregates, types of deposits, geological occurrence, exploration methodologies and extraction methods, and processing techniques as well as their main applications and the importance of recycled aggregates. It serves as a basic text on aggregates for natural sciences and provides information about the main aggregate materials comprehensively with extensive number of illustrations and equips students to handle the mining cycle of aggregates. It enhances the understanding of the different aggregate types, being interdisciplinary and practice-oriented. 
This textbook addresses bachelor and master students of geology and general earth science as well as students of engineering and environmental sciences. It is written for undergraduate and graduate students, researches and professionals alike.

lt;b> Manuel Bustillo is a Professor at the Faculty of Geology, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), teaching Mineral Resources, Industrial Rocks, and Construction Materials for more than 40 years. He has published numerous books about the topics mentioned before, already both in English and Spanish. Professor Bustillo has also collaborated with different mining companies.

Introduction.- Properties and Testing.- Geological Occurrence.- Exploration and Evaluation of Deposits.- Extraction Methods.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
Zusatzinfo XI, 348 p. 434 illus., 407 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 210 x 279 mm
Gewicht 1269 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geologie
Technik Bauwesen
Schlagworte aggregates • Alkali-Silica Reaction • circular economy • Classification of Aggregates • Concrete • construction materials • Engineering Geology • Fluvial deposits • Global Aggregates Information Network • Mining Cycle • Recycling • sustainability • Testing Aggregates
ISBN-10 3-031-42960-5 / 3031429605
ISBN-13 978-3-031-42960-6 / 9783031429606
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