Studies on fiber-reinforced concrete using industrial hemp fibers

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 710-717

  Awwad, Elie ^a   Mabsout, Mounir ^b   Hamad, Bilal ^b   Farran, Mohamad Talal ^b   Khatib, Helmi ^b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Green concrete; Natural fibers; Social impact; Sustainable materials; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

COARSE AGGREGATES; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETES; FLEXURAL PERFORMANCE; GREEN CONCRETE; INDUSTRIAL HEMP FIBER; LOAD DEFLECTION; SOCIAL IMPACT; STANDARD SPECIMENS; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS;

AGGREGATES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEMP; HEMP FIBERS; NATURAL FIBERS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SOFTWARE TESTING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FIBERS;

AGGREGATE; CONCRETE; CONSTRUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEMP; NATURAL FIBERS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84861626959     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.04.119     Document Type: Article

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