Carbon nanotubes reinforced concrete

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 267 SP, 2009, Pages 11-20

  Metaxa, Z S ^a,b   Konsta Gdoutos, M S ^a   Shah, S P ^c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Mechanical properties; Nanofiber reinforcement; Nanoindentation; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CEMENT PASTE; CEMENTITIOUS MATRICES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FRACTURE PROPERTY; FRACTURE SURFACES; HIGH STIFFNESS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NANO-CRACKS; NANO-IMAGING; NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITE SAMPLES; NANOINDENTERS; NANOSCALE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSCALE PROPERTIES; SCANNING PROBES; ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION; WATER-CEMENT RATIO;

CALCIUM SILICATE; CEMENTS; COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; FIELD EMISSION; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; NANOINDENTATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OIL WELL CEMENTING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 72949121774     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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