Prediction of the plastic viscosity of self-compacting steel fibre reinforced concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1209-1216

  Ghanbari, Akbar ^a   Karihaloo, Bhushan L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre reinforcement; Fresh concrete; Rheology; Self compacting concrete; Workability

Indexed keywords

COARSE AGGREGATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIBRE REINFORCEMENT; FRESH CONCRETE; LIQUID MATRIX; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MODIFYING AGENTS; PLASTIC VISCOSITY; SELF-COMPACTING; SELF-COMPACTING CONCRETE; SOLID-PHASE; STEEL FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE; TWO PHASE COMPOSITES; VISCOUS LIQUIDS; WORKABILITY;

AGGREGATES; BUILDING MATERIALS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CONCRETE BUILDINGS; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; LIQUIDS; PLASTICITY; POWDERS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; RHEOLOGY; SHOTCRETING; STEEL; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

PLASTICS;

EID: 70350572854     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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