Three simple tests for selecting low-crack cement

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 509-519

  Burrows, R W ^a   Kepler, W F ^b   Hurcomb, D ^b   Schaffer, J ^b   Sellers, J G ^c  

^a USBR Mat Eng/Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^b USBR Mat Eng/Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c Haynes Whaley Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge decks; Cement composition and fineness; Cracking; Durability; Strength; Test methods

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DECKS; COATINGS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACK INITIATION; DURABILITY; MATERIALS TESTING; PORTLAND CEMENT; SHRINKAGE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CEMENT COMPOSITION AND FITNESS; HYDRAULIC CEMENTS; TEST METHODS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 2542439130     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(03)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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