Durability of self-consolidating concrete to sulfate attack under combined cyclic environments and flexural loading

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-226

  Bassuoni, M T ^a   Nehdi, M L ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air entrainment; C sulfate attack; E composite cements; E hybrid fibre reinforcement; Performance tests; Self consolidating concrete

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AIR ENTRAINMENT; CEMENTS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DURABILITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANISMS; REINFORCEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TESTING;

C-SULFATE ATTACK; E-COMPOSITE CEMENTS; E-HYBRID FIBRE REINFORCEMENT; PERFORMANCE TESTS; SELF-CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE;

CONCRETES;

EID: 59649125259     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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