Interfacial transition zones in recycled aggregate concrete with different mixing approaches

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 1045-1055

  Li, Wengui ^a,b   Xiao, Jianzhuang ^a   Sun, Zhihui ^c   Kawashima, Shiho ^b   Shah, Surendra P ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ); Microstructure; Nanoindentation; Recycled Aggregate Concrete (RAC); Two stage Mixing Approach (TSMA)

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; HOMOGENEOUS MICROSTRUCTURE; INDENTATION MODULUS; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTY; RECYCLED AGGREGATE CONCRETE; SEM OBSERVATION; TWO-STAGE MIXING APPROACHES;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES; HYDRATED LIME; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXING; NANOINDENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84863739211     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.06.022     Document Type: Article

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