Compressive strength of concrete with polypropylene fibre additions

Structural Survey

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 138-153

  Richardson, Alan E ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Concretes; Density; Design

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE; CONCRETE QUALITY; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; LINEAR REDUCTION; MONOFILAMENT POLYPROPYLENE FIBRES; POLYPROPYLENE FIBRES; RELATIVE STRENGTH; RESEARCH PROGRAMMES;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE ADDITIVES; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DESIGN; FIBERS; MANUFACTURE; POLYPROPYLENES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 33745185992     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630800610666673     Document Type: Article

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