Determination of the thermal conductivity of concrete during the early stages of hydration

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-235

  Gibbon, G J ^a   Ballim, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; HYDRATION; MORTAR; PROBES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL STRESS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0032155575     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.1998.50.3.229     Document Type: Article

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