Influence of silica fume on the tensile strength of concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 743-747

  Bhanja, S ^a   Sengupta, B ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Concrete; Modeling; Silica fume; Tensile strength; Water cementitious material ratio

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BENDING STRENGTH; CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SILICA; STATISTICAL METHODS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS;

ADMIXUTRES; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE (HPC); SILICA FUMES; WATER-CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL RATIO;

CONCRETES;

EID: 15344350579     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2004.05.024     Document Type: Article

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