Mechanical characteristics investigation of polymer concrete using mixture design of experiments and response surface method

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2242-2249

  Bǎrbuţǎ, Marinela ^a   Lepǎdatu, Daniel ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Epoxy resin; Mixture design of experiments; Polymer concrete; Response surface methodology

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MIXTURE DESIGN; MIXTURE EXPERIMENT; POLYMER CONCRETES; REGRESSION MODEL; RESPONSE SURFACE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY;

AGGREGATES; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; EPOXY RESINS; FILLED POLYMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXTURES; POLYMERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESINS; SILICA FUME; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CONCRETE MIXTURES;

EID: 63049129240     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.2242.2249     Document Type: Article

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