The mini-conical slump flow test: Analysis and numerical study

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1517-1523

  Bouvet, Adrien ^a   Ghorbel, Elhem ^a   Bennacer, Rachid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b Grande Voie des Vignes   (France)

Author keywords

Cement paste (D); Fresh concrete (A); Modeling (E); Rheology (A); Workability (A)

Indexed keywords

CEMENT PASTE; CEMENTING MATERIAL; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FLOW TYPE; FRESH CONCRETE; LOCAL INFORMATION; MARSH CONE; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PLASTIC VISCOSITY; SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE; SLUMP FLOW TEST; SLUMP TEST;

CEMENTS; ELASTICITY; OIL WELL CEMENTING; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

YIELD STRESS;

EID: 77955471987     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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