Distribution of carbon nanofibers and nanotubes in cementitious composites

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2142, 2010, Pages 89-95

  Yazdanbakhsh, Ardavan ^a   Grasley, Zachary ^a   Tyson, Bryan ^b   Abu Al Rub, Rashid K ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CEMENTS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; YARN;

CARBON NANOFIBRES; CEMENT PASTE; CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; MATRIX; NANOSCALE FIBERS; PROPERTY; SUPERPLASTICIZERS; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; VAN DER WAALS' FORCES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 78649957683     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2142-13     Document Type: Article

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