Flexural behaviour of reinforced lightweight concrete beams made with oil palm shell (OPS)

Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 459-468

  Teo, Delsye C L ^a   Mannan, Md Abdul ^a   Kurian, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK INITIATION; DUCTILITY; REINFORCEMENT; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLID WASTES;

END-ROTATIONS; FLEXURAL BEHAVIOUR; LOW REINFORCEMENT RATIOS; OIL PALM SHELL (OPS);

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 33845605871     PISSN: 13468014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3151/jact.4.459     Document Type: Article

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