The nano-mechanical signature of Ultra High Performance Concrete by statistical nanoindentation techniques

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1447-1456

  Sorelli, Luca ^a,c   Constantinides, Georgios ^a,b   Ulm, Franz Josef ^a   Toutlemonde, François ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c Lab Central des Ponts et Chaussees   (France)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforcement; High perfomance concrete; Micromechanics; Microstructure; Nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CEMENTS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRATES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOINDENTATION; PHASE INTERFACES; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; STIFFNESS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATES; CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE STIFFNESSES; CONTINUUM MICROMECHANICS; DEFECT FREE; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; FIBER REINFORCEMENT; HIGH DENSITIES; HIGH PERFOMANCE CONCRETE; MACROSCOPIC SCALES; MULTISCALE MODELS; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUES; NANOSCALE PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; STIFFENING EFFECTS; TRANSITION ZONES; ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCES; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 55649088693     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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