Aggregate/mortar interface: Influence of silica fume at the micro- and macro-level

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 25, Issue 4-5 SPEC, 2003, Pages 557-564

  Caliskan, Sinan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; Interface; Interfacial bond strength; Scanning electron microscopy; Silica fume; Size effect

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); DENSIFICATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORTAR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

SILICA FUMES;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 0037401981     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(02)00095-1     Document Type: Article

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