New methodology to proportion self-consolidating concrete with high-volume fly ash

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 222-230

  Chowdhury, Subrato ^a   Basu, Prabir C ^b  

^a Aditya Birla Science and Technology Co Ltd   (India)

^b Atomic Energy Regulatory Board India   (India)

Author keywords

Hardened state properties; Mixture proportioning; Rheology; Self consolidating concrete

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ADMIXTURE; CLASS-F; COARSE AGGREGATES; FINE AGGREGATES; FLY ASH CONTENT; HARDENED STATE; HIGH-VOLUME FLY ASH; MIXTURE PROPORTIONING; POWDER COMPOSITION; SELF-CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE; VOLUME METHOD; WATER-CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL RATIO;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FLY ASH; HARDENING; MIXTURES; RHEOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 77953580954     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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