A review on ultra high performance concrete: Part I. Raw materials and mixture design

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 741-751

  Shi, Caijun ^a   Wu, Zemei ^a   Xiao, Jianfan ^a   Wang, Dehui ^a   Huang, Zhengyu ^a   Fang, Zhi ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Curing regime; Mixture design; Raw materials; Theoretical principles; Ultra high performance concrete

Indexed keywords

CASTING; CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE MIXTURES; CONCRETES; CURING; DESIGN; FLY ASH; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXTURES; RAW MATERIALS; SILICA FUME; SLAGS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; CURING REGIMES; MIXTURE DESIGN; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; ROOM TEMPERATURE CURING; SUPPLEMENTARY CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL; THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES; ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETES;

HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE;

EID: 84945380992     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.10.088     Document Type: Review

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