A humidity-adjusted maturity function for the early age strength prediction of concrete

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 515-523

  Liao, Wei Chong ^a   Lee, B J ^a   Kang, C W ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Humidity adjusted equivalent age; Maturity; Rate constant; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CURING; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RATE CONSTANTS; VERIFICATION;

AGE STRENGTH PREDICTION; CONCRETE CYLINDERS; MATURITY FUNCTION; MAXIMUM DIFFERENCE;

CONCRETES;

EID: 43049137344     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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