Effect of saturated lightweight sand substitution on shrinkage in 0.35 w/b concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-52

  Durán Herrera, Alejandro ^a,b,c   Aïtcin, Pierre Claude ^d   Petrov, Nikola ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b Student Activities ^*  (Mexico)

^c ACI Northeast Mexico Chapter   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e Department of Civil Engineering

Author keywords

Curing; High performance concrete; Lightweight aggregate; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FOIL; BINDERS; CONCRETES; CURING; DRYING; SHRINKAGE;

HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE; WATER CURING;

SAND;

EID: 33947227936     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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