Thaumasite field trial at Shipston on Stour: Three-year preliminary assessment of buried concretes

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1035-1043

  Crammond, N J ^a   Collett, G W ^a   Longworth, T I ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concrete; Field trial; Laboratory study; Lower Lias Clay; Sulfate attack; Thaumasite

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; COMPOSITION; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; EXCAVATION; LIMESTONE; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DOLOMITE;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0142166411     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(03)00129-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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