Effect of used-foundry sand on the mechanical properties of concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 976-980

  Siddique, Rafat ^a   Schutter, Geert de ^b   Noumowe, Albert ^c  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Concrete; Elastic moduli; Tensile properties; Used foundry sand

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETES; ELASTIC MODULI; FOUNDRIES; FOUNDRY PRACTICE; ICE; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL CASTING; METAL CASTINGS; NONFERROUS METALS; SAND; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CONCRETE MIXTURES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FINE AGGREGATES; FLEXURAL STRENGTHS; GOOD QUALITY CONCRETES; LARGE-SCALE; MODULUS OF ELASTICITIES; PARTIAL REPLACEMENTS; PLAIN CONCRETES; PROPERTIES OF FRESH CONCRETES; STRENGTH PROPERTIES; TEST RESULTS; USED-FOUNDRY SAND;

FOUNDRY SAND;

EID: 54349117486     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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