Effects of cement particle size distribution on performance properties of Portland cement-based materials

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1663-1671

  Bentz, Dale P ^a   Garboczi, Edward J ^a   Haecker, Claus J ^b   Jensen, Ole M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Wilhelm Dyckerhoff Institut   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISPERSIONS; FLOCCULATION; HYDRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PERFORMANCE; POROSITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AUTOGENOUS SHRINKAGE; CAPILLARY POROSITY PERCOLATION; CHEMICAL SHRINKAGE; DIFFUSIVITY; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE MICROSTRUCTURE; INTERNAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY EVOLUTION;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 0033211102     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(99)00163-5     Document Type: Article

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