The effect of cylindrical specimen size on the compressive strength of concrete

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2417-2420

  Yazici, Şemsi ^a   Inan Sezer, Gözde ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Capping type; Compressive strength; Concrete; Conversion factor; Specimen size

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CURING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

CAPPING TYPE; CONCRETE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE MIXTURES; CONVERSION FACTOR; SPECIMEN SIZE; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

CONCRETES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; CURING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH;

EID: 33847079945     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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