Experimental investigations of aerogel-incorporated ultra-high performance concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 307-316

  Ng, Serina ^a   Jelle, Bjørn Petter ^a,b   Sandberg, Linn Ingunn Christie ^b   Gao, Tao ^b   Wallevik, Ólafur Haralds ^a,c  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Aerogel; Concrete; Mechanical strength; Mixture; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE MIXTURES; CONCRETES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; MIXTURES; MORTAR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS;

BUILDING SECTORS; CONCRETE COMPOSITES; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; PROPERTIES OF CONCRETES; ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETES; ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETES (UHPC); ZERO EMISSION BUILDINGS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84921721568     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.12.064     Document Type: Article

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