Effects of high temperature on the pore structure and strength of plain and polypropylene fiber reinforced cement pastes

Fire Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-34

  Komonen, Juha ^a   Penttala, Vesa ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cement paste; High temperature; Polypropylene fibers; Pore structure; Porosity; Residual; Strength

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; POLYPROPYLENES; POROSIMETERS; PORTLAND CEMENT; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

WATER/CEMENT RATIO;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FIBER-REINFORCED MATERIAL;

EID: 0042565736     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021723126005     Document Type: Article

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