Taking into account the inclusions' size in lightweight concrete compressive strength prediction

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 770-775

  Le Roy, Robert ^a   Parant, Edouard ^a   Boulay, Claude ^a  

^a Lab Ctrl Des Ponts Et Chaussees   (France)

Author keywords

Composite; Lightweight concrete; Mechanical properties; Mixture proportioning; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; POLYSTYRENES; STABILITY;

LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE; MIXTURE PROPORTIONING; POLYSTYRENE SPHERES; VERY HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE (VHPC);

CONCRETES;

EID: 15344344545     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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