Pavement Interactive - Materials Reference Desk
Pavement Tools Consortium (state DOTs, FHWA, University of Washington)
Reference wiki documenting asphalt binder chemistry and Superpave performance grading, aggregate properties and tests, portland cement, and mix design procedures, with write-ups of the standard AASHTO and ASTM test methods behind each specification.
More resources on Construction Materials
Tyler Ley (YouTube)
Concrete researcher explaining mixture proportioning, cement chemistry, air entrainment, curing, admixtures, durability and field testing through whiteboard walkthroughs and filmed laboratory demonstrations. Roughly 300 videos, assigned in university concrete materials courses.
Concrete Technology (NPTEL, IIT Delhi)
Video lecture course on concrete-making materials - cement chemistry, aggregates, supplementary cementitious materials, admixtures - extending into mix design, production, fresh and hardened properties, and durability. Free to watch; assumes a prior civil engineering materials course.
Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material (FPL-GTR-282)
US Forest Products Laboratory technical report on wood structure, moisture relations, physical and mechanical properties, factors reducing strength, fastenings, adhesives, preservation, fire performance, and engineered wood products. Free full PDF; the source of published US design property data.
Properties of Concrete (5th Edition)
Reference work on concrete, first published in 1963 and revised through 2011. Treats cement chemistry, aggregates, admixtures, fresh behavior, strength, elasticity, creep, shrinkage, thermal properties, durability, mix proportioning, and testing, citing the underlying research literature throughout.
Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers (4th Edition)
Undergraduate survey covering steel, aluminum, aggregates, portland cement concrete, masonry, asphalt binders and mixtures, wood, and composites. Each chapter links material behavior to selection decisions, ASTM test procedures, and sustainability, with an appended laboratory manual.