High performance concrete with Czech metakaolin: Experimental analysis of strength, toughness and durability characteristics

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1404-1411

  Vejmelková, Eva ^a   Pavlíková, Milena ^a   Keppert, Martin ^a   Keršner, Zbyněk ^b   Rovnaníková, Pavla ^b   Ondráček, Michal ^b   Sedlmajer, Martin ^b   Černý, Robert ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Durability; Fracture toughness; High performance concrete; Metakaolin

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE BINDING; CHLORIDE BINDING CAPACITY; CONCRETE PRODUCER; DEICING SALTS; DISTILLED WATER; DURABILITY PROPERTY; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSPORT; HIGH PRICE; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; IN-BUILDINGS; METAKAOLIN; METAKAOLINS; PARTIAL REPLACEMENT; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETES; POZZOLANIC MATERIALS; PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES; STORAGE PROPERTIES; THERMAL PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

CEMENT INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DURABILITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HEAT RESISTANCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PORTLAND CEMENT; SILICA; SILICA FUME; SLAGS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR;

FRACTURE;

EID: 77951621267     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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