Water absorption of wood polypropylene composite sheet piles and its influence on mechanical properties

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3977-3988

  Tamrakar, Sandeep ^a   Lopez Anido, Roberto A ^a  

^a The University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Durability; Moisture; Sheet pile; Temperature; Water; Wood plastic composite

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BEHAVIORS; ABSORPTION PROCESS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CYCLING TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FICK'S SECOND LAW; FICKIAN DIFFUSION; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; FREEZE-THAW CYCLING; FREEZE-THAW RESISTANCE; MOISTURE INTRUSION; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; QUASI-STATIC; SATURATED COMPOSITES; SHEET PILES; TAP WATER; WATER ABSORPTION BEHAVIOR; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE;

BENDING TESTS; DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; MOISTURE; PILES; THAWING; THERMOPLASTICS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 79958103437     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.04.031     Document Type: Article

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