Lightweight concrete made from crushed oil palm shell: Tensile strength and effect of initial curing on compressive strength

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 252-258

  Shafigh, Payam ^a   Jumaat, Mohd Zamin ^a   Mahmud, Hilmi Bin ^a   Hamid, Norjidah Anjang Abd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Crushed oil palm shell; Curing; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

CEMENT CONTENT; COARSE AGGREGATES; CURING CONDITION; CURING REGIMES; LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE; OIL PALM; PALM OIL; SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH; TEST RESULTS; WATER/CEMENT RATIO;

BENDING STRENGTH; CURING; GRANITE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VEGETABLE OILS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 80755172128     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.07.051     Document Type: Article

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