The effects of aggregate properties on lightweight concrete

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3025-3029

  Lo, Tommy Y ^a   Tang, W C ^a   Cui, H Z ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Lightweight concrete; Porosity; Strength; w c ratio

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; POROSITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE CONCRETE COMPOSITES; PORE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CEMENT RATIO;

LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE;

CEMENTS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE; POROSITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

AGGREGATE; CONCRETE; POROSITY; STRENGTH;

EID: 33947504179     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.06.031     Document Type: Article

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