Regular dodecahedron model to calculate the average surface spacing between the nearest neighboring aggregate grains in concrete

Kuei Suan Jen Hsueh Pao/ Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1048-1052

  Chen, Huisu ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   Stroeven, Piet ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fuller distribution; Particle size distribution; Regular dodecahedron model; Ribbon model; Surface spacing between nearest neighboring aggregate grains

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MODELS; VOLUME FRACTION;

AGGREGATE GRAINS; FULLER DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; REGULAR DODECAHEDRON MODEL; RIBBON MODEL; SURFACE SPACING;

CONCRETES;

EID: 2342424872     PISSN: 04545648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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