Particle packing theories and their application in concrete mixture proportioning: A review

Indian Concrete Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1324-1331

  Kumar, Senthil V ^a   Santhanam, Manu ^b  

^a LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PACKING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CEMENT PASTE; CONCRETE MIXTURE PROPORTIONING; PARTICLE PACKING THEORIES;

CONCRETE MIXING;

EID: 0142135092     PISSN: 00194565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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