Effect of recycling hospital ash on the compressive properties of concrete: Statistical assessment and predicting model

Building and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 557-566

  Al Mutairi, Nayef ^a   Terro, Mohammad ^a   Al Khaleefi, Abdul Lateef ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Heavy metals; Higher temperatures; Hospital ash; Neural network; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKPROPAGATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; FLY ASH; NEURAL NETWORKS; RECYCLING; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SILICA; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CEMENT REPLACEMENT; CONCRETE CUBES;

HOSPITALS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE; HEAVY METAL; MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 1342288513     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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