Experimental investigations on the influence of paste composition and content on the properties of Self-Compacting Concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3443-3449

  Nanthagopalan, Prakash ^a   Santhanam, Manu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Packing density; Paste optimisation; Self Compacting Concrete; VMA

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRESH AND HARDENED PROPERTIES; FRESH CONCRETE; HARDENED CONCRETE; PACKING DENSITY; PASTE COMPOSITION; PASTE OPTIMISATION; PASTE VOLUME; SELF-COMPACTING CONCRETE; SLUMP FLOW; VMA;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HARDENING; POWDERS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 68549101514     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.06.029     Document Type: Article

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