Assessing the durability of engineered cementitious composites under freezing and thawing cycles

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Şahmaran, Mustafa ^a   Lachemi, Mohamed ^b   Li, Victor C ^c  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ductility; Ecc under freezing and thawing cycles; Engineered cementitious composites (ecc); Flexural strength

Indexed keywords

AIR-ENTRAINED CONCRETE; CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; CRACK WIDTH; DURABILITY PERFORMANCE; ENGINEERED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; FLEXURAL LOADS; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; FREEZING AND THAWING; FREEZING AND THAWING CYCLE; FREEZING AND THAWING DURABILITY; FROST DURABILITY; HIGH TENSILE DUCTILITY; MASS LOSS; MATRIX; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MICROFIBERS; PORE VOLUME; PULSE VELOCITY; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH; UNIAXIAL TENSILE LOADING; WEIGHT LOSS;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; BENDING STRENGTH; DUCTILITY; DURABILITY; FIBERS; FREEZING; LIGHT VELOCITY; MERCURY (METAL); PORE SIZE; TENSILE STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; THAWING;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 76749172152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI102406     Document Type: Article

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