Rheological characterization of the structural breakdown process to analyze the stability of flowable mortars under vibration

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 131, Issue , 2017, Pages 517-525

  Abebe, Yared Assefa ^a   Lohaus, Ludger ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic stability; Interparticle structure; Mortar; Paste; Rheology; Segregation; Structural breakdown; Vibration; Viscosity; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; ELASTICITY; MORTAR; RHEOLOGY; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); STABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

INTERPARTICLE STRUCTURES; PASTE; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SEGREGATION POTENTIAL; STABILITY PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL BREAKDOWN; VIBRATION;

STABILITY CRITERIA;

EID: 85000997442     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.11.102     Document Type: Article

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