A novel use of undesirable wild giant reed biomass to replace aggregate in concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-73

  Ismail, Zainab Ziad ^a   Jaeel, Ali J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^b WASIT UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Compressive strength; Concrete; Giant reed; Workability

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CONCRETE MIXERS; CONCRETES; CURING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FOOD RESOURCES; GIANT REED; NATIVE SPECIES; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; PRODUCTION SITES; REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY; WORKABILITY;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 84919633849     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.11.064     Document Type: Article

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