Polypropylene fibres in heated concrete. Part 1: Molecular structure and materials behaviour

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-136

  Khoury, G A ^a,b   Willoughby, B ^a,b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Polymer Chemistry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; POLYPROPYLENE FIBRES; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; THERMOPLASTICS;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

EID: 42349090143     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2008.60.2.125     Document Type: Article

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