Early-age properties of concrete: Overview of fundamental concepts and state-of-the-art research

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 57-77

  Nehdi, Moncef ^a   Soliman, Ahmed M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ART RESEARCH; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY; EARLY AGE; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; LIFE PERFORMANCE; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MODERN DEVELOPMENT; TESTING TECHNIQUE;

TESTING;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 79952731538     PISSN: 1747650X     EISSN: 17476518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/coma.900040     Document Type: Article

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