Obtaining and characterization of the polymer concrete with fly ash

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-96

  Harja, Maria ^a   Barbuta M ^a   Rusu, L ^b  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b VASILE ALECSANDRI UNIVERSITY OF BACAU   (Romania)

Author keywords

Compressive strengh; Flexural strength; Fly ash; Polymer concrete; Split tensile strength

Indexed keywords

AND SPLITS; COARSE AGGREGATES; COMPOSITE BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE AND FLEXURAL STRENGTHS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGH; POLYMER CONCRETES; SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTHS;

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; EPOXY RESINS; FILLERS; FLY ASH; POLYMERS; RESINS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FILLED POLYMERS;

EID: 63049105982     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2009.88.96     Document Type: Article

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