Mechanical and bond properties of coconut shell concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-98

  Gunasekaran, Kandaswamy ^a   Kumar, P S ^a   Lakshmipathy, M ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Bond properties; Coconut shell; Lightweight concrete; Mechanical

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CONCRETES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TENSILE STRENGTH;

BOND PROPERTIES; COARSE AGGREGATES; COCONUT SHELLS; MECHANICAL; PROPERTIES OF CONCRETES; SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH; THEORETICAL VALUES; WATER-CEMENT RATIO;

LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE;

EID: 77957659711     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.06.053     Document Type: Article

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