Maturity approach applied to concrete by means of vicat tests

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 445-450

  García, Álvaro ^a   Castro Fresno, Daniel ^b,c   Polanco, Juan Antonio ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c Construction Technology Research Group ^*

Author keywords

Activation energy; Cement paste; Early age properties; Maturity method; Setting time; Temperature; Vicat test

Indexed keywords

CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CEMENTS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); HARDNESS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TESTING;

APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; CEMENT PASTE; EARLY AGE PROPERTIES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MATURITY METHOD; PENETRATION RESISTANCE; REFERENCE TEMPERATURE; SETTING TIME; SETTING TIMES; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE INFLUENCE; VICAT TEST;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 52649181608     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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