Proportioning and characterization of lightweight concrete mixtures made with rigid polyurethane foam wastes

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 806-814

  Mounanga, P ^a   Gbongbon, W ^a   Poullain, P ^a   Turcry, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Lightweight concrete; Polyurethane foam; Shrinkage; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE MIXERS; CURING; DEWATERING; DRYING; ICE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXTURES; POLYMERS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRICITY; TITRATION;

CONCRETE MIXTURES; CURING CONDITIONS; DRYING SHRINKAGES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FOAM CONCRETES; HIGH POROSITY; LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE; MASS LOSSES; POLYURETHANE FOAM; RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAMS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL METHODS; SHRINKAGE; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 49949095348     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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