Tensile strength of low, medium, and high-strength concretes at early ages

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 487-493

  Khan, Arshad A ^a   Cook, William D ^a   Mitchell, Denis ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Air dried curing; Compressive strength; Early age; High strength concrete; Sealed curing; Temperature matched curing; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CURING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AIR DRIED CURING; EARLY AGE TENSILE STRENGTH; HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE; RUPTURE MODULI; SEALED CURING; TEMPERATURE MATCHED CURING;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0030230828     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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