Monitoring the setting of concrete containing blast-furnace slag by measuring the ultrasonic p-wave velocity

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1169-1176

  Robeyst, Nicolas ^a   Gruyaert, Elke ^a   Grosse, Christian U ^b   De Belie, Nele ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calorimetry (A); Fresh concrete (A); Granulated blast furnace slag (D); Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

BLAST FURNACE PRACTICE; CEMENT ADDITIVES; CEMENTS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EXPLOSIVES; FURNACES; SLAGS; ULTRASONICS;

BLAST FURNACE SLAGS; CALORIMETRY (A); CONCRETE SAMPLES; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; FORM WORKS; FRESH CONCRETE (A); GRANULATED BLAST-FURNACE SLAG (D); INFLECTION POINTS; INITIAL VELOCITIES; REMOVAL TIME; SETTING TIMES; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; ULTRASONIC; ULTRASONIC METHODS; ULTRASONIC P-WAVE VELOCITY;

SETTING;

EID: 52949090409     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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