Strength and durability of coconut-fiber-reinforced concrete in aggressive environments

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 554-566

  Ramli, Mahyuddin ^a   Kwan, Wai Hoe ^a   Abas, Noor Faisal ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coconut fiber; Intrinsic permeability; Scanning electron microscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENT; AIR ENVIRONMENT; CARBONATION DEPTH; CHLORIDE PENETRATION; COCONUT FIBER; COMPRESSIVE AND FLEXURAL STRENGTHS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; DURABILITY PROPERTY; EXPANSION AND SHRINKAGE; EXPOSURE PERIOD; FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETES; HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETES; HIGH-STRENGTH; IN-FIBER; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; NATURAL DEGRADATION; NON-CORROSIVE; REINFORCING EFFECTS; SEAWATER ENVIRONMENT; SPLASH ZONE; SULFATE ATTACK; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

CARBONATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRACKS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DURABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEAWATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FIBERS;

EID: 84867434729     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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