Development of hand-held rheology tool and suitable testing criteria

Proceedings of the International Conference on Cement Combinations for Durable Concrete

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 195-202

  Cullen, R ^a,b   West, R P ^a,c,d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Trinity College Dublin ^*

^c EC2   (Ireland)

^d EC2   (United States)

Author keywords

Rheology; Two point workability test; Workability

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; RHEOLOGY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

RHEOLOGY TOOLS; TWO POINT WORKABILITY TEST; WORKABILITY;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 33645307969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1680/ccfdc.34013.0021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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