Effect of Replacement of Normal Weight Coarse Aggregate with Oil Palm Shell on Properties of Concrete

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 955-964

  Shafigh, P ^a   Jumaat, M Z ^a   Mahmud, H B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Density; High strength concrete; Lightweight aggregate; Modulus of elasticity; Oil palm shell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861496217     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-012-0233-2     Document Type: Article

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