Shrinkage of concrete exposed to hot and arid climate

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-75

  Fattuhi, Nijad I ^a   Al Khaiat, Husain ^b  

^a Kuwait Univ ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DRYING; HOT WEATHER PROBLEMS; SHRINKAGE; WEATHERING;

CONCRETE DRYING; CONCRETE SHRINKAGE;

CONCRETES;

SHRINKAGE;

EID: 0033080929     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(1999)11:1(66)     Document Type: Article

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