Improvement of concrete durability by bacterial mineral precipitation

11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 2095-2100

  Ramakrishnan, V ^a   Panchalan, Ramesh K ^a   Bang, Sookie S ^b  

^a Department of Civil Engineering   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CONCRETE BEAM; CONCRETE DURABILITY; CONTROL BEAMS; CRACKED CONCRETES; DURABILITY PERFORMANCE; FREEZE-THAW; INORGANIC SOLIDS; LIVING ORGANISMS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; POSITIVE POTENTIAL; SIMULATED FRACTURE; SOIL BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRACKS; DURABILITY; FRACTURE; FREEZING;

CALCITE;

EID: 84869821349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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7. th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Dallas, Texas, Oct 22-25, 1995.
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9. Ramakrishnan, V., Ramesh Panchalan., and Bang, S.S., "Bacterial Concrete-A Self Remediating Biomaterial" Proceedings of 10th International Congress on the Polymers in Concrete, Hawaii, May 2001.