Laboratory evaluation of a silicone foam sealant for field application on bridge expansion joints

Society for Experimental Mechanics - SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2491-2502

  Malla, Ramesh B ^a   Swanson, Brian J ^a   Shaw, Montgomery T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS; ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS; FIELD APPLICATION; JOINT SEALANTS; LABORATORY EVALUATION; LABORATORY TEST; PULL TO FAILURES; SALT WATER; SMALL MOVEMENTS; SMALL SPECIMEN; VARIOUS SUBSTRATES;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; EXPANSION; EXPANSION JOINTS; LABORATORIES; MECHANICS; SILICONES; SUBSTRATES; TESTING;

SEALANTS;

EID: 78049438540     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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