Plant fibre reinforced cement components for roofing

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 433-438

  Savastano Jr , Holmer ^a   Agopyan, Vahan ^a   Nolasco, Adriana M ^a   Pimentel, Lia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b METHODIST UNIVERSITY OF PIRACICABA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternative cements; Blast furnace slag; Composites; Plant fibres; Recycled materials; Roofing; Vegetable fibres

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033280318     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(99)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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