Effect of fire exposure on cracking, spalling and residual strength of fly ash geopolymer concrete

Materials and Design

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 584-592

  Sarker, Prabir Kumar ^a   Kelly, Sean ^b   Yao, Zhitong ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Structural Systems (Civil) Pty Limited   (Australia)

^c HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fly ash; Geopolymer concrete; Post fire strength; Spalling

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; CRACKS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FIRES; FLY ASH; GEOPOLYMERS; INORGANIC POLYMERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PORTLAND CEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPALLING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CONCRETE CYLINDERS; FIRE TEMPERATURES; GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE; GEOPOLYMER MATRIX; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION; ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT; POST-FIRE; THE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES (SEM);

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 84920190673     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.06.059     Document Type: Article

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