Polypropylene fibres in heated concrete. Part 2: Pressure relief mechanisms and modelling criteria

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-204

  Khoury, G A ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; CONTINUOUS CHANNELS; FIBRE LENGTHS; INTERCONNECTIVITY; KEY PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; POLYPROPYLENE FIBRES; PRESSURE REDUCTIONS; PRESSURE RELEASES; PRESSURE RELIEFS; SURFACE AREAS; SURROUNDING MATRIXES; TEMPERATURE INCREASES; TEMPERATURE RANGES;

ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; PORE PRESSURE; PUMPING PLANTS; THERMOPLASTICS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

FIBERS;

EID: 42349091760     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2007.00042     Document Type: Article

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