Water-cement ratio gradients in mortars and corresponding effective elastic properties

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 481-490

  Nadeau, J C ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic moduli; Interfacial transition zone; Micromechanics; Modeling; Mortar

Indexed keywords

CEMENT ADDITIVES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTIC WAVES; SAND; VOLUME FRACTION;

INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE (ITZ);

MORTAR;

EID: 0036499577     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(01)00710-4     Document Type: Article

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