A multiscale micromechanics-hydration model for the early-age elastic properties of cement-based materials

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1293-1309

  Bernard, Olivier ^a   Ulm, Franz Josef ^a   Lemarchand, Eric ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Elastic moduli; Hydration; Micromechanics; Percolation threshold

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONCRETES; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRATION; MORTAR; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); VOLUME FRACTION;

PERCOLATION THRESHOLD;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 0042023250     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(03)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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