Climatic zones-A prelude to designing durable concrete structures in the Arabian Gulf

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2410-2416

  Haque, M N ^a   Al Khaiat, H ^a   John, B ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Climate; Concrete durability; Geology; Macro climates; Meso climates; Micro climates

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; GEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOGRAPHY; ZONING;

CONCRETE DURABILITY; MACRO CLIMATES; MESO CLIMATES; MICRO CLIMATES;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DURABILITY; GEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOGRAPHY; ZONING;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATIC REGION; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; DURABILITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 33847016384     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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