Mechanical, fracture, and microstructural investigations of rubber concrete

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 640-649

  Reda Taha, M M ^a   El Dieb, A S ^b   Abd El Wahab, M A ^c   Abdel Hameed, M E ^c  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Concrete aggregates; Cracking; Microstructure; Rubber; Tires

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BRITTLENESS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETES; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HEALTH HAZARDS; LAND FILL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RUBBER; RUBBER APPLICATIONS; SPEED; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TIRES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CRACKING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FINE AGGREGATES; FRACTURE CRITERION; FRACTURE PERFORMANCE; FRACTURE PROPERTIES; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUASI-BRITTLE FRACTURE; REPLACEMENT RATIO; TIRE RUBBERS; WASTE TIRES;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

CONCRETE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MICROSTRUCTURE; RUBBER; TIRE;

EID: 52749092402     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2008)20:10(640)     Document Type: Article

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