Plastic shrinkage cracking of blended cement concretes in hot environments

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 241-246

  Almussalam, A A ^a   Maslehuddin, M ^a   Abdul Waris, M ^a   Dakhil, F H ^a   Al Amoudi, O S B ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCRETES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; FLY ASH; POZZOLAN; SHRINKAGE; SILICA; SLAG CEMENT;

BLENDED CEMENT CONCRETES; HOT ENVIRONMENTS; PLASTIC SHRINKAGE CRACKING;

CRACK INITIATION;

EID: 0033360137     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.1999.51.4.241     Document Type: Article

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