Assessment of the durability performance of fiber-cement sheets

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 819-823

  Jamshidi, M ^a   Pakravan, H R ^b   Pacheco Torgal, F ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Durability; Fiber cement sheets; Freeze thaw; Soak dry; Warm water

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY PERFORMANCE; FIBER CEMENTS; FREEZE-THAW; FREEZING AND THAWING; MODULUS OF RUPTURE; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SOAK-DRY; WARM WATER;

DUCTILITY; FIBERS; FREEZING;

DURABILITY;

CEMENT; DUCTILITY; DURABILITY; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; TESTING METHOD; WARM WATER;

EID: 84879580632     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000637     Document Type: Article

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