Proposed guidelines for the prevention of alkali-silica reaction in new concrete structures

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1668, 1999, Pages 48-53

  Fournier, Benoit ^a   Bérubé, Marc André ^b   Rogers, Chris A ^c  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Transportation of Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CRACK INITIATION; REACTION KINETICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALKALI-SILICA REACTION (ASR); SUPPLEMENTARY CEMENTING MATERIAL;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0343867152     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1668-07     Document Type: Article

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