The presentation is based on a physicochemical approach, which is essential if these products are to be considered as part of sustainable development: as such, those studying or working in these fields will find this an invaluable source of information.
PART 1. PROBLEMS REGARDING ORGANIC MATERIALS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1
Chapter 1. Organic materials used in Construction at the Dawn of the Third Millennium 3Michel DE LONGCAMP and Yves MOUTON
Chapter 2. Sustainable Development Issues Regarding Organic Materials used in Civil Engineering 15Agnès JULLIEN
Chapter 3. Health Risks of Organic Materials used in Construction: What is the Situation Today? 37Guy AUBURTIN
Chapter 4. Ecological Impacts of Organic Construction Materials: What is the Situation Today? 51Yves PERRODIN
PART 2. ORGANIC POLYMERS AS BUILDING MATERIALS 63
Chapter 5. Organic Polymers 65Jacques VERDU and Bruno FAYOLLE
Chapter 6. Formulation of Plastics 121Michel de LONGCAMP
Chapter 7. Ageing and Durability of Organic Polymers 131Jacques VERDU and Bruno FAYOLLE
Chapter 8. Fireproofing polymeric materials: problems and solutions 179Serge BOURBIGOT
Chapter 9. Organic Materials, Waste and Recycling 189Vincent VERNEY
PART 3. MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS 203
Chapter 10. Geosynthetics and Waterproofing 205Philippe MESTAT
Chapter 11. Waterproofing Buildings: The Point of View of an Expert 269Gérard HÉMOND
Chapter 12. Elastomers and Rubbers used in Civil Engineering 283Michel FRAGNET
PART 4. COMPOSITE MATERIALS, TENSILE STRUCTURES, TEXTILE ARCHITECTURE AND TIMBER 313
Chapter 13. Composite Materials and Construction 315Jean–François CARON
Chapter 14. Textile Materials: Architectural Applications 339Bernard MAURIN and Romain FERRARI
Chapter 15. Wood 353Rémy MOUTERDE
PART 5. ORGANIC BINDER–BASED MATERIALS 389
Chapter 16. Bitumen, Road Construction and Sustainable Development 391Bernard LOMBARDI
Chapter 17. Industrial Mortars and Repairing Concrete Products 407Pierre BOULANGER and Paulo GONCALO
Chapter 18. Waterborne Paints to Limit VOC Emissions: Interests and Limits 419Emmanuel ARAGON and André MARGAILLAN
PART 6. ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BUILT–IN INTO CEMENT MATRICES 431
Chapter 19. Rheological Admixtures 433Nicolas ROUSSEL
Chapter 20. Contributions of Organic Admixtures in Construction Processes 447François CUSSIGH
Chapter 21. Organic Fibers in Cementitious Materials 457Laetitia D′ALOIA–SCHWARTZENTRUBER
PART 7. PROBLEMS SPECIFIC TO ORGANIC MATERIALS: ADHESIVE BONDING AND CHARACTERIZATION METHODS 483
Chapter 22. Adhesive Bonding, a Method for Construction 485Thierry CHAUSSADENT
Chapter 23. Strengthening Concrete Structures by Externally Bonded Composite Materials 503Marc QUIERTANT
Chapter 24. Durability of FRP Strengthened Concrete Specimens under Accelerated Ageing 529Karim BENZARTI, Marc QUIERTANT, Sylvain CHATAIGNER and Christophe AUBAGNAC
Chapter 25. Characterization of Organic Materials used in Civil Engineering by Chemical and Physico–chemical Methods 553Fabienne FARCAS
PART 8. ORGANIC MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, ARCHITECTURE, CREATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 583
Chapter 26. Organic Materials and Sustainable Architectural Design 585Michel PAULIN
Chapter 27. Specific Contributions of Viscous Behavior Materials in Construction 599Bernard HALPHEN
Chapter 28. Organics in Construction How Far? 609Henri VAN DAMME
Chapter 29. Thoughts on the Futurology in Research and Development of Innovative Materials 617Jean BILLARD
Conclusion 631François BUYLE–BODIN
Acronyms and Initials 639
List of Authors 645
Index 649
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