Mechanical properties of fly-ash-based geopolymer concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-306

  Diaz Loya, E Ivan ^a   Allouche, Erez N ^a   Vaidya, Saiprasad ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali activated cement; Fly ash; Geopolymer; Mechanical characterization

Indexed keywords

ALKALI-ACTIVATED CEMENT; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; GEOPOLYMER; GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT; POISSON'S RATIO; STATIC ELASTIC MODULUS;

BENDING STRENGTH; COMMERCE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; FLY ASH; INORGANIC POLYMERS; POISSON RATIO; PORTLAND CEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GEOPOLYMERS;

EID: 79957853353     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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