Characterization of Portland cement concrete microstructure using the scanning acoustic microscope

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-291

  Livingston, Richard A ^a   Manghnani, Murli ^b   Prasad, Manika ^c  

^a Federal Hwy Administration   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; CONCRETES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROCRACKING; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETES;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 0032627743     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(98)00222-1     Document Type: Article

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