Cylinder or cube: Strength testing of 80 to 200 MPa (11.6 to 29 ksi) ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 603-609

  Graybeal, Benjamin ^a   Davis, Marshall ^b  

^a Federal Highway Administration Virginia Division   (United States)

^b Tumer Fairbank Highway Research Center

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Cube; Cylinder; Ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS; CUBE; CYLINDER; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS; HIGH STRENGTHS; PERFORMANCE FIBERS; TESTING MACHINES; ULTRA-HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETE;

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE TESTING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); REINFORCED CONCRETE; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 57149131462     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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