Development of volcanic ash concrete: Strength, durability, and microstructural investigations

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-17

  Hossain, Khandaker M A ^a   Lachemi, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Sustainable Construction ^*

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Drying shrinkage; Porosity; Workability

Indexed keywords

DRYING SHRINKAGE; RAPID CHLORIDE PERMEABILITY (RCP); VOLCANIC ASH (VA); WORKABILITY;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MERCURY (METAL); MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; PORTLAND CEMENT; SHRINKAGE; WATER;

CONCRETES;

EID: 33645320823     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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