The effect of nanosilica addition on flowability, strength and transport properties of ultra high performance concrete

Materials and Design

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Ghafari, Ehsan ^a   Costa, Hugo ^b   Júlio, Eduardo ^a   Portugal, António ^c   Durães, Luisa ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Microstructure; Nanosilica; Pozzolanic reactivity; Transport properties; Ultra high performance concrete

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA FUME; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CAPILLARY PORES; CEMENT REPLACEMENT; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY MEASUREMENTS; NANO-SILICA; POZZOLANIC REACTIVITY; ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETES; ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETES (UHPC);

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84896830425     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.02.051     Document Type: Article

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