Mechanical properties of hybrid fiber reinforced lightweight aggregate concrete made with natural pumice

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2458-2464

  Libre, Nicolas Ali ^a   Shekarchi, Mohammad ^a   Mahoutian, Mehrdad ^a   Soroushian, Parviz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ductility; Hybrid fiber; Lightweight concrete; Polypropylene fiber; Pumice; Steel fiber; Toughness; Workability

Indexed keywords

HYBRID FIBER; POLYPROPYLENE FIBER; PUMICE; STEEL FIBER; WORKABILITY;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DUCTILITY; HARDENING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS;

FIBERS;

EID: 79551575228     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.11.058     Document Type: Article

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