Modified Slump Test to Measure Rheological Parameters of Fresh Concrete

Cement, Concrete and Aggregates

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-247

  Ferraris, Chiara F ^a   De Larrard, François ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Laboratoire des Ponts et Chaussées   (France)

Author keywords

Concrete rheology; Plastic viscosity; Slump test; Workability field test; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000282106     PISSN: 01496123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/cca10417j     Document Type: Article

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