1. Winter Construction --
1.1. Specific features of winter --
1.2. Concreting in winter conditions --
1.3. Problems of winter concreting --
2. Effects of Frost on the Structure and Properties of Concrete --
2.1. Modern views on the hardening of concrete --
2.2. The phase state of water in concrete at different temperatures --
2.3. The mechanism of deterioration of concrete due to early freezing --
2.4. Precuring of concrete before freezing --
2.5. Effects of early freezing on concrete properties --
2.6. Concrete in the frozen state and its basic properties --
3. Preparations for Concreting in Winter Conditions --
4. Concretes Containing Antifreeze Admixtures --
4.1. The principle of the method and its theory --
4.2. Selection and assignment of antifreeze admixtures --
4.3. Procedures --
5. Thermos Curing --
5.1. The principle and application of the thermos method --
5.2. Placement and curing of concrete in structures built on permafrost ground --
5.3. Curing and cooling of concrete in massive structures --
6. Electric Contact Heating of Concrete --
6.1. The principle and application of the method --
6.2. Heaters for electric contact heating --
6.3. Heating form works covered with a conductive materials --
6.4. Application of electric contact heating of concrete --
7. Electrode Heating of Concrete --
7.1. Electric conductivity of concrete --
7.2. Processes in concrete caused by electric current passing through it --
7.3. Electrodes for electric heating of concrete --
7.4. Processes at the interface of concrete and an electrode --
7.5. Electric and thermal fields in electric heating --
7.6. External mass exchange in electric heating --
7.7. Electrode heating procedures --
8. Electric Preheating of Concrete Mixtures --
8.1. General considerations and the principle of the method --
8.2. The theoretical background of the accelerated heating of concrete mixtures --
8.3 Internal heat exchange during the accelerated electric heating of concrete --
8.4. Changes in plastic properties of concrete caused by accelerated heating --
8.5. Physico-mechanical properties of concrete subjected to accelerated heating --
8.6. Equipment for electric preheating of concrete mixtures --
8.7. Concreting procedures with preheated concrete mixtures --
8.8. Preheating of concrete mixtures in truck mixers --
9. Induction Heating of Concrete --
9.1. The principle and application of the method --
9.2. Determining basic parameters of heating --
9.3. Induction heating of concrete in framed structures --
10. Sealing Joints between Precast Units and between Precast and Cast-In-Place Members in Composite Construction --
10.1. Specific features of joints between precast concrete units --
10.2. Erection of precast concrete units --
10.3. Curing of sealing concrete in joints --
11. Curing of Cast-In-Place Concrete in Enclosures --
11.1. The principle of the method and types of enclosures --
11.2. Curing of concrete in enclosures --
11.3. Air exchange in enclosures --
11.4. Concreting in enclosures --
12. Some Problems of Economics of Winter Concreting -- Appendices - Specific power values required to heat concrete -- References -- Index.