Laboratory study on the effect of polypropylene fiber on durability, and physical and mechanical characteristic of concrete for application in sleepers

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 411-418

  Ramezanianpour, A A ^a   Esmaeili, M ^b   Ghahari, S A ^a   Najafi, M H ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Concrete sleeper; Durability; Polypropylene fiber; Rapid chloride penetration test; Sorptivity; Splitting tensile strength; Three point flexural strength; Water penetration

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE SLEEPER; POLYPROPYLENE FIBER; RAPID CHLORIDE PENETRATION TESTS; SORPTIVITY; SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH; THREE-POINT FLEXURAL STRENGTH; WATER PENETRATION;

CARBONATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; CRACKS; POLYPROPYLENES; RAILROAD TRACKS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DURABILITY;

EID: 84876246071     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.02.076     Document Type: Article

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