Investigating mix proportions of high strength self compacting concrete by using Taguchi method

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 694-702

  Ozbay, Erdoǧan ^a   Oztas, Ahmet ^b   Baykasoglu, Adil ^b   Ozbebek, Hakan ^c  

^a KILIS 7 ARALIK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Oyak Ready Mixed Concrete Plant   (Turkey)

Author keywords

High strength concrete; Mix proportion optimization; Self compacting concrete; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; AIR PERMEABILITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETES; EXPERIMENTS; FLY ASH; ICE; OPTIMIZATION; POWDERS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TAGUCHI METHODS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION VALUES; AIR CONTENTS; AIR ENTRAINING AGENTS; EXPERIMENT DESIGNS; FINE AGGREGATES; FLY ASH CONTENTS; HARDENED STATES; HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE; HIGH STRENGTHS; MIX PROPORTION OPTIMIZATION; MIX PROPORTIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; ORTHOGONAL ARRAYS; PRACTICAL; SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE; SELF-COMPACTING CONCRETES; SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTHS; SUPERPLASTICIZER; TAGUCHI; TAGUCHI EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; TAGUCHI METHOD; TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS; TOTAL AGGREGATES; ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITIES; WATER PERMEABILITIES;

WATER CONTENT;

EID: 54849441049     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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