Virtual testing of cement and concrete

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 169 D-STP, Issue , 2006, Pages 38-50

  Bentz, Dale P ^a   Garboczi, Edward J ^a   Bullard, Jeffrey W ^a   Ferraris, Chiara ^a   Martys, Nicos ^a   Stutzman, Paul E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE TESTING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CEMENT AND CONCRETES; COMPLEX MATERIALS; CONCRETE QUALITY; ENGINEERED STRUCTURES; MULTIPHASE MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE; PROPERTIES OF CONCRETES; RANDOM COMPOSITE MATERIALS; STRENGTH TESTS; VIRTUAL TESTING;

CONCRETES;

EID: 33745673009     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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