Self-sensing properties of alkali activated blast furnace slag (BFS) composites reinforced with carbon fibers

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4776-4786

  Vilaplana, Josep Lluís ^a   Baeza, Francisco Javier ^a   Galao, Oscar ^a   Zornoza, Emilio ^a   Garcés, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkaline cement; Carbon fibers; Damage sensing; Multifunctional composites; Strain sensing

Indexed keywords

ALKALI ACTIVATED SLAGS; ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG CEMENT; ALKALINE CEMENTS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED; DAMAGE SENSING; FUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; STRAIN SENSING;

BLAST FURNACES; DURABILITY; PORTLAND CEMENT; SLAG CEMENT; SLAGS;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 84888813437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6104776     Document Type: Article

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