Influence of coarse aggregate on the permeation, durability and the microstructure characteristics of ordinary Portland cement concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 682-690

  Basheer, L ^a   Basheer, P A M ^a   Long, A E ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concrete; Durability; ITZ; Microstructure; SEM

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; CONCRETES; DURABILITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; PORTLAND CEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COARSE AGGREGATES; ITZ; PORE STRUCTURES; PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 22144451131     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.02.022     Document Type: Article

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