Influence of the pre-saturation of recycled coarse concrete aggregates on concrete properties

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 617-627

  Ferreira, Luis ^a   De Brito, Jorge ^a   Barra, Marilda ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY WATER ABSORPTION; COARSE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE PLANTS; CONCRETE PROPERTIES; CONSTRUCTION SITES; CONTROL METHODS; CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE; ELASTICITY MODULI; FRESH AND HARDENED PROPERTIES; PRE-SATURATION; PRE-SATURATION METHOD; RECYCLED AGGREGATES; REPLACEMENT RATIO; STRUCTURAL CONCRETES; WATER COMPENSATION;

AGGREGATES; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE MIXING; ELASTICITY; HARDENING; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER RECYCLING;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 80051718506     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: 1751763X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2011.63.8.617     Document Type: Article

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