Effect of polystyrene aggregate size on strength and moisture migration characteristics of lightweight concrete

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 520-527

  Babu, Daneti Saradhi ^a   Ganesh Babu, K ^b   Tiong Huan, Wee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Expanded polystyrene; Fly ash; Moisture migration; Splitting tensile strength; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; MOISTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; MOISTURE MIGRATION; SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 33744547049     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2006.02.018     Document Type: Article

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