Statistics for concrete and steel quality in Saudi Arabia

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 49, Issue 180, 1997, Pages 185-193

  Arafah, A M ^a,b  

^a Department of Industrial Engineering   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; CONCRETE TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL TESTING; YIELD STRESS;

KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV GOODNESS OF FIT TESTS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0031238090     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.1997.49.180.185     Document Type: Article

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