Toughening cement-based materials through the control of interfacial bonding

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1873-1880

  Merchant, I J ^a   Macphee, D E ^a   Chandler, H W ^a   Henderson, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cement; Fracture toughness; Mechanical properties; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BONDING; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; EXPANSION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROCRACKING; MORTAR; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SAND; TENSILE STRESS; TOUGHENING;

INTERFACIAL BONDING;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 0035655446     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(01)00500-2     Document Type: Article

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