The effect of polypropylene fibers on the properties of fresh and hardened lightweight self-compacting concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 351-358

  Mazaheripour, H ^a   Ghanbarpour, S ^b   Mirmoradi, S H ^a   Hosseinpour, I ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Iran)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Light Expanded Clay Aggregate (LECA); Lightweight; Polypropylene fibers; Self Compacting Concrete (SCC)

Indexed keywords

EXPANDED CLAY; FIBER REINFORCED; FILLING ABILITIES; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; FLOWABILITY; FRESH CONCRETE; FRESH PROPERTIES; LIGHTWEIGHT; MIXING METHOD; PACKING FACTOR; POLYPROPYLENE FIBER; POLYPROPYLENE FIBERS; SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE; SLUMP FLOW; SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH; SUPERPLASTICIZERS; VOLUME PERCENTAGE;

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE MIXING; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; HARDENING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICIZERS; THERMOPLASTICS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77957658938     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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