Concrete remains a dominant constructive material in the 21 century. Long-term experience of concrete application in all construction areas shows that its main efficiency and reliability condition is conformity of the material quality characteristics to its performance in structures and elements. This book explores the results of experimental and theoretical investigations carried out by the authors to develop the main theoretical concepts in the multi-parametric design of cement concrete compositions. A complex of design dependencies is proposed for predicting properties of concrete mixtures and hardened concrete, considering additional technological factors. Algorithms for different types of concrete compositions' design are presented as are examples of these algorithms for specific industrial conditions. This book can be used by researchers and engineers, specialised in the field of concrete technology, as well as by graduate and undergraduate students.

The modern building materials science, along with the constructional characteristics of materials, includes the theoretical concepts, allowing to predict properties of materials and to operate them actively. The theoretical concepts of construction materials science are based on the complex of the physical and chemical, geological-mineralogical and other sciences studying a structure and properties of material objects. Construction materials science is inseparably connected with technology of materials and products, methodology of their quality indicators and testing. This book discusses how scientific and technical progress actively affects the development of construction materials science.