Monitoring the early-age hydration of self-compacting concrete using ultrasonic p-wave transmission and isothermal calorimetry

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1537-1558

  Desmet, Bram ^a   Atitung, Kelly Chrysanthe ^a   Sanchez, Miguel Angel Abril ^a   Vantomme, John ^a   Feys, Dimitri ^b   Robeyst, Nicolas ^b   Audenaert, Katrien ^b   De Schutter, Geert ^b   Boel, Veerle ^c   Heirman, Gert ^d   Cizer, Özlem ^d   Vandewalle, Lucie ^d   Van Gemert, Dionys ^d  

^a ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Addition; Continuous ultrasonic testing; Isothermal calorimetry; p Wave hydration; Self compacting concrete; Superplasticizer

Indexed keywords

ADDITION; AFFECTING FACTORS; COMBINED ACTIONS; HEAT PRODUCTION; ISOTHERMAL CALORIMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; MINERAL ADDITION; MIXTURE COMPOSITIONS; P-WAVE VELOCITY; POLYCARBOXYLATE ETHERS; SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE; SELF-COMPACTING; SUPERPLASTICIZERS; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; VIBRATED CONCRETES;

CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; CEMENTS; CONCRETE TESTING; ETHERS; HYDRATION; MIXTURES; MORTAR; POWDERS; SEISMIC WAVES; SILICATE MINERALS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 84855521589     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-011-9717-x     Document Type: Article

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