Fracture toughness variability of foamed alumina cements

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 883-888

  Huang, Jong Shin ^a   Cheng, Chan Kuen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Microcracking; Micromechanics

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CREEP; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROCRACKING; MICROCRACKS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRESS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CREEP RESISTANCE; FOAMED CEMENTS; MICROPORES; WEIBULL MODULUS;

CEMENTS;

EID: 1942503919     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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