Mixture design, strength, durability, and fire resistance of lightweight pumice concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 449-457

  Hossain, Khandaker M A ^a,b   Lachemi, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a ACI ^*

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Durability; Fire resistance; Lightweight concrete; Mixture design; Strength

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; STRENGTH RETAINING CAPACITY; VOLCANIC PUMICE CONCRETE (VPC);

ABRASIVES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DURABILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; FIRE RESISTANCE; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

CONCRETES;

EID: 35248877611     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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