Identification of microstructural characteristics in lightweight aggregate concretes by micromechanical modelling including the interfacial transition zone (ITZ)

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1590-1600

  Ke, Y ^a   Ortola, S ^a   Beaucour, A L ^a   Dumontet, H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT JEAN LE ROND D ALEMBERT   (France)

Author keywords

Composite; Elastic moduli; Interfacial transition zone (ITZ); Lightweight aggregate concretes (LWAC); Modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; ELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HOMOGENISATION; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE; LIGHT-WEIGHT AGGREGATE CONCRETE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELLING; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; MIX DESIGNS; MODELLING; SEM; VOLUME RATIO;

AGGREGATES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONCRETES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELASTIC MODULI;

EID: 77956407712     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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