Use of recycled rubber tires in normaland high-strength concretes

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-332

  Wong, Sook Fun ^a   Ting, Seng Kiong ^b  

^a TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Destructive testing; High strength concrete; Nondestructive testing; Normal strength concrete; Recycled rubber

Indexed keywords

DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NORMAL-STRENGTH CONCRETE; RECYCLED RUBBER;

CEMENTS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE TESTING; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; HARDENING; MINING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; RUBBER; RUBBER APPLICATIONS; RUBBER TESTING; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; WHEELS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 68349109473     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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