Developments of the two-point workability test for high-performance concrete

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-179

  Domone, P L J ^a   Yongmo, Xu ^a   Banfill, P F G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CONCRETE TESTING; PLASTICIZERS; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

BINGHAM PARAMETERS; PLASTIC VISCOSITY; SUPERPLASTICIZERS; TATTERSALL TWO-POINT WORKABILITY APPARATUS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0032668070     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.1999.51.3.171     Document Type: Article

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