Performance of dry cast concrete blocks containing waste glass powder or polyethylene aggregates

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 855-863

  Chidiac, S E ^a   Mihaljevic, S N ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Cement; Concrete blocks; Masonry; Polymers; Sustainability; Waste glass powder

Indexed keywords

BLOCK PROPERTIES; CEMENT REPLACEMENT; CONTROL BLOCKS; DURABILITY PROPERTY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; IN-WATER ABSORPTION; MASONRY; NATURAL AGGREGATE; WASTE GLASS POWDER;

AGGREGATES; BUILDING MATERIALS; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DURABILITY; GLASS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PELLETIZING; POLYMERS; PORTLAND CEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 79961021527     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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