Use of CEM Approach to Develop and Optimize High-Performance Underwater Concrete

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1094-1102

  Assaad, Joseph J ^a,b   Daou, Yehia ^c   Harb, Jacques ^d  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b Dept of Civil Engineering ^*  (Lebanon)

^c BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Concrete; Hydrostatic pressure; Mortars; Underwater structures

Indexed keywords

COARSE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE DETERIORATION; CONCRETE EQUIVALENT MORTARS; MIXTURE COMPOSITIONS; RESIDUAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; STATISTICAL REGRESSION MODEL; TEST METHOD; TEST RESULTS; TESTING METHOD; UNDERWATER CONCRETES; WATER HEADS;

AGGREGATES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MIXTURES; MORTAR; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER CONSTRUCTION;

CONCRETE TESTING;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MORTAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 79960124021     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000254     Document Type: Article

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