New approach in measuring water absorption of recycled aggregates

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 364-369

  Tam, Vivian W Y ^a   Gao, X F ^b   Tam, C M ^c   Chan, C H ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cement paste; Recycled aggregate; Recycled concrete; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

DRYING; FOUNDATIONS; INNOVATION; RECYCLING; WATER ABSORPTION;

BRITISH STANDARD INSTITUTION (BSI); NATURAL AGGREGATES; RECYCLED AGGREGATES; RECYCLED CONCRETES;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 37349101653     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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