Identifying the fluid-to-solid transition in cementitious materials at early ages using ultrasonic wave velocity and computer simulation

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 259 SP, 2009, Pages 58-67

  Dehadrai, M ^a   Sant, G ^b   Bentz, D ^c   Weiss, J ^b  

^a Tourney Consulting Group   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Concrete; Polymer concrete; Polymer impregnated concrete; Polymer modified concrete; Polymers

Indexed keywords

CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CEMENTITIOUS SYSTEMS; CEMHYD3D; CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS; EARLY AGE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HEAT RELEASE; ISOTHERMAL CALORIMETRY; LABORATORY TESTING; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MODIFIED CONCRETE; POLYMER CONCRETE; POLYMER CONCRETES; PULSE VELOCITY; RATE OF CHANGE; RESTRAINED STRESS; RESULTS OF COMPUTER MODELING; SOLID STRUCTURES; SOLID TRANSITION; STRUCTURE FORMATIONS; ULTRASONIC WAVE VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER TESTING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUIDS; LIGHT VELOCITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SOLIDIFICATION; SOLVENTS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 70449638596     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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