Mechanical and thermal properties of lightweight concretes with vermiculite and EPS using air-entraining agent

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-197

  Schackow, Adilson ^a   Effting, Carmeane ^a   Folgueras, Marilena V ^a   Güths, Saulo ^b   Mendes, Gabriela A ^a  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Expanded polystyrene; Lightweight concrete; Mechanical properties; Thermal properties; Vermiculite

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYSTYRENES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

AIR ENTRAINING AGENTS; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; FULL FACTORIAL DESIGN; LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE; LIGHT-WEIGHT AGGREGATE CONCRETE; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; SUPERPLASTICIZERS; VERMICULITE;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84896947458     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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