Plastic shrinkage cracking in concrete materials - Influence of fly ash and fibers

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 458-464

  Wang, Kejin ^a   Shah, Surendra P ^b   Phuaksuk, Pariya ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tams Consultants Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Cement paste; Fly ash; Shrinkage cracking

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FLY ASH; POROSITY; SHRINKAGE;

PLASTIC SHRINKAGE CRACKING;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0035526404     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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