Sustainable construction material using hemp fibers - Preliminary study

2nd International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 575-582

  Awwad, Elie ^a   Hamad, Bilal ^a   Mabsout, Mounir ^a   Khatib, Helmi ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIBERS; COARSE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE MATERIALS; CONCRETE PRODUCTIONS; FLEXURAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL HEMP FIBER; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRELIMINARY PROGRAM; SOCIAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL LIFE; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; VOLUMETRIC RATIO;

AGGREGATES; FIBERS; HEMP FIBERS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

AGGREGATE; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; FIBERS; HEMP; TESTING;

EID: 84861398907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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