Characteristics of stabilised mud blocks using ash-modified soils

Indian Concrete Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 903-911

  Venkatarama Reddy, B V ^a   Rao, Sudhakar M ^a   Arun Kumar, M K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CURING; LIME; MASONRY MATERIALS;

ASH-MODIFIED SOILS;

SOILS;

EID: 0037300602     PISSN: 00194565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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