Effects of air voids on ultrasonic wave propagation in early age cement pastes

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 872-881

  Zhu, Jinying ^a   Kee, Seong Hoon ^a   Han, Dongyeop ^a   Tsai, Yi Te ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Air voids; Cement hydration; Setting time; Shear waves; Ultrasonic waves

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; AIR CONTENT; AIR VOIDS; BIOT'S THEORY; CEMENT HYDRATION; CEMENT PASTE; COMPRESSIONAL; EARLY AGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HARDENING PROCESS; INVESTIGATE EFFECTS; P-WAVE VELOCITY; POROELASTIC MEDIA; SETTING TIME; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; WATER/CEMENT RATIO;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; HARDENING; HYDRATION; SETTING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CEMENTS;

EID: 79957553570     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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