An investigation on the fresh properties of self-compacted lightweight concrete containing expanded polystyrene

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3721-3731

  Madandoust, Rahmat ^a   Ranjbar, Malek Muhammad ^a   Yasin Mousavi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Expanded polystyrene aggregate; Hauling time; Nano SiO2; Self compacting lightweight concrete; Workability

Indexed keywords

EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE AGGREGATE; HAULING TIME; NANO- SIO; SELF-COMPACTING LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETES; WORKABILITY;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 79956136234     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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