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This book is devoted to two primary objectives. The first is to present the errors, inadaptability and mistakes arising when the current theory on concrete is applied to explaining practical construction of concrete; the second is to put forward viewpoints in modern concrete science.

Taking a number of engineering cases as examples, we experimentally studied and theoretically analyzed the errors, inadaptability, and mistakes when the current theory on concrete is applied to explaining practical construction of concrete. Moreover, we investigated the use of mixing ratios, aggregates, cement, high-performance concrete and fibers, as well as the frost resistance, cracking behavior, durability, dry shrinkage and autogenous healing to address and remedy the shortcomings in today´s concrete science, put forward new proposals and make a number of innovative achievements in the field, particularly in modern theory on concrete science. The results and topics which will be of particular interest to engineers and researchers include: corrections to several one-sided, even mistaken views on concrete construction in the field and a new theory that can be adopted to improve the durability of concrete projects, to control and improve the implementation quality of concrete projects and to guide teaching in universities.
Wenke Yang is a distinguished senior engineer at China Airport Construction Group Corporation, General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC).

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Sole of Concrete - Mix Proportion.- Important Raw Material - Coarse Aggregate.- Core Raw Material - Cement.- Alkali-aggregate Reaction, Where Are You?.- Is air-entraining agent a panacea for solving frost resistance problem?.- Breeding and False Setting, Which Is Better?.- Fiber, When Is Useful?.- Cancer of Modern Concrete - Cracks.- Fly Ash, Really Only Advantages?.- Additives - All medicines have their own side-effects.- Fatal Factor for Durability - Drying Shrinkage.- Doctor of Concrete - Self-curing.- High Performance Concrete, Really High Performance?.- Where Is the Correct Idea for Durability Research?.- Scientific Foundation of Modern Concrete.- Summary report of Experimental study on dehydration cracks appearing in the construction of Turpan civil airport cement concrete pavement.

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Yang Wenke is a distinguished senior engineer at China Airport Construction Group Corporation, CAAC. His research areas are focused on chemical synthesis and processing of building materials, construction of airport and development of materials.

He received a number of awards for excellence in guiding the construction engineering of airport such as the National Construction Project Luban Prize (the highest construction prize in China) and Silver Award in Construction. He served as a member of China Concrete Quality Committee, a member of China Commercial Concrete Experts Committee, a member of China Concrete Durability Committee, a member of China Concrete Engineering and Technology Experts Committee and a professor at East China Jiaotong University.

His research was directed primarily to building materials, in particular construction of concrete and published over 20 papers in Chinese well-known journals such as concrete, cement etc.

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