Setting time: An important criterion to determine the length of the delay period before steam curing of concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 741-745

  Erdem, T K ^a   Turanli, L ^a   Erdogan, T Y ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Concrete; Curing

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACK INITIATION; POROSITY; STEAM ENGINEERING; TENSILE STRESS;

STEAM CURING PROCESSES;

PRECAST CONCRETE;

EID: 0037401117     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(02)01058-X     Document Type: Article

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