Assessment of thixotropy of flowable and self-consolidating concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-107

  Assaad, Joseph ^a   Khayat, Kamal H ^a   Mesbah, Habib ^a  

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Author keywords

Rheology; Thixotropy; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; ROTORS; SILICA; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

SELF CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL BREAKDOWN CURVES; THIXOTROPY; VISCOSITY MODIFYING ADMIXTURE;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0038825829     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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