Conductive concrete overlay for bridge deck deicing: Mixture proportioning, optimization, and properties

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 172-181

  Yehia, Sherif ^a   Tuan, Christopher Y ^a   Ferdon, David ^a   Chen, Bing ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bridge deck; Conductive concrete; Deicing; Mechanical properties; Overlay

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DECKS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; PAVEMENT OVERLAYS;

BRIDGE DECK DEICING; CONDUCTIVE CONCRETE OVERLAY; MIXTURE PROPORTIONING;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0034161181     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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