Durability of mechanically loaded engineered cementitious composites under highly alkaline environments

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 72-81

  Şahmaran, Mustafa ^a   Li, Victor C ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline environment; ASR; Cracking; Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC); Self healing

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DUCTILITY; DURABILITY; MICROCRACKS; TENSILE STRESS;

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; ENGINEERED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADING CONDITIONS; SELF HEALING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 37349104168     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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