Durability of compression molded sisal fiber reinforced mortar laminates

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2409-2420

  Toledo Filho, Romildo Dias ^a   Silva, Flávio de Andrade ^a   Fairbairn, E M R ^a   Filho, João de Almeida Melo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcined clay brick; Cement; Durability; Laminates; Metakaolin; Mortar; Sisal fiber

Indexed keywords

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; CALCINATION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; DEWATERING; DURABILITY; FIBERS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRATED LIME; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MORTAR; PAPER LAMINATES; PLASTER; PORTLAND CEMENT; THERMOANALYSIS; WETTING;

ACCELERATED AGING; CALCINED CLAY BRICK; CALCIUM HYDROXIDES; CLAY BRICKS; DURABILITY PERFORMANCE; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES; FLEXURAL BEHAVIORS; MATRIXES; METAKAOLIN; SISAL FIBER; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

CLAY MINERALS;

BRICK; CALCINATION; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CEMENT; DRAINAGE; DURABILITY; KAOLIN; LAMINATES; MORTAR; PORTLAND CEMENT; SISAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WETTING;

EID: 62849116918     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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