Mortar design based on water film thickness

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2381-2390

  Li, L G ^a   Kwan, A K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Flowability; High performance concrete; Rheology; Water film thickness

Indexed keywords

CEMENT PASTE; CEMENT-SAND MORTAR; COMBINED EFFECT; DESIGN CHARTS; FLOWABILITY; FRESH CONCRETE; HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; MIX DESIGNS; PACKING DENSITY; PROPER DESIGN; SOLID SURFACE; TEST RESULTS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DESIGN; ELASTICITY; MORTAR; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT;

CEMENTS;

EID: 79551591958     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.11.038     Document Type: Article

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