Characteristics of cement-soil mortars

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 38, Issue 280, 2005, Pages 639-650

  Venkatarama Reddy, B V ^a   Gupta, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HARDENING; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; PORTLAND CEMENT; SHRINKAGE; SOILS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CEMENT-SOIL MORTARS; HARDENED STATES; LOW-RISE STRUCTURES; SHRINKAGE VALUE;

MORTAR;

EID: 23144464871     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/14197     Document Type: Article

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