Study on the development of the microstructure in cement-based materials by means of numerical simulation and ultrasonic pulse velocity measurement

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 491-497

  Ye, G ^a   Lura, P ^a   Van Breugel, K ^a   Fraaij, A L A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Characterization; Fresh concrete; Microstructure; Modeling; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETES; CURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; FRESH CONCRETES; MODELING; ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY (UPV);

CEMENTS;

EID: 2542475525     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(03)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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