History and overview of fabric formwork: Using fabrics for concrete casting

Structural Concrete

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 164-177

  Veenendaal, Diederik ^a   West, Mark ^b   Block, Philippe ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

fabric formwork; flexible membrane; history; structural concrete; taxonomy; textile mould

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TAXONOMIES;

CONCRETE CASTINGS; CONTROLLED PERMEABILITY FORMWORK; FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; FORMWORK; FORMWORK TECHNOLOGY; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; STRUCTURAL CONCRETES; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CONCRETES;

EID: 80052425316     PISSN: 14644177     EISSN: 17517648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/suco.201100014     Document Type: Review

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