Air-void system of foamed concrete and its effect on mechanical properties

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-52

  Wee, Tiong Huan ^a   Babu, Daneti Saradhi ^a   Tamilselvan, T ^a   Lim, Hwee Sin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DE Consultants   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Air void; Compressive strength; Modulus of elasticity

Indexed keywords

AIR VOID; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; FOAMED CONCRETE; LINEAR TRAVERSE METHOD;

AIR; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PORTLAND CEMENT; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

CONCRETES;

EID: 33645299823     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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