Robustness of self-consolidating concrete incorporating different viscosity-enhancing admixtures

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 432-438

  Naji, Siwar ^a   Hwang, Soo Duck ^a   Khayat, Kamal H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Humidity; Polycarboxylate; Polynaphthalene; Polysaccharide; Saturated surface dry; Self consolidating concrete; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC POLYSACCHARIDES; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CONSTITUENT MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; MIXTURE PROPORTIONING; POLYCARBOXYLATES; POLYNAPHTHALENE; RAW MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SATURATED SURFACE DRIES; SELF-CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE; SMALL VARIATIONS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; TEST RESULTS; WATER REDUCING ADMIXTURES;

ETHERS; MIXTURES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

CONCRETE ADDITIVES;

EID: 79961153356     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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