The influence of shrinkage reducing admixtures on plastic shrinkage;Influencia de los aditivos reductores de retracción sobre la retracción plástica

Materiales de Construccion

Volumn 53, Issue 271-272, 2003, Pages 71-80

  Mora, J ^a   Aguado, A ^b   Gettu, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early age cracking; Plastic shrinkage; Shrinkage reducing admixture

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DEFORMATION; EVAPORATION; MIXTURES; PRISMS; SHRINKAGE;

SHRINKAGE REDUCING ADMIXTURES (SRA);

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 0141938503     PISSN: 04652746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/mc.2003.v53.i271-272.291     Document Type: Conference Paper

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