Influence of inclusion shapes on the effective linear elastic properties of hardened cement pastes

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1330-1344

  Stora, E ^a,b   He, Q C ^a   Bary, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Cement paste; Elastic moduli; Micromechanics; Microstructure; Modeling

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; HARDENING; INCLUSIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

CEMENT PASTE; HARDENED CEMENT PASTES (HCP); PARTICULATE APPROXIMATIONS; PORTLAND CEMENT GRAINS;

PORTLAND CEMENT;

EID: 33646927772     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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