Role of fibers in controlling unrestrained expansion and arresting cracking in Portland cement concrete undergoing alkali-silica reaction

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-108

  Haddad, Rami H ^a   Smadi, Mohammed M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Alkali silica reaction; Arresting cracking; Expansion; Fibers

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETES; CRACK INITIATION; POLYPROPYLENES; SILICA; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY;

ARRESTING CRACKING;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 0344944175     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(03)00245-X     Document Type: Article

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