Electrically conductive concrete and its application in deicing

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-154, Issue , 1995, Pages 399-417

  Xie, Ping ^a   Beaudoin, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Compressive strength; Concretes; Conductivity; Deicing; Fiber reinforced concretes; Fibers; Flexural strength; Heating; Lightweight concretes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL;

CONDUCTIVE CONCRETE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONCRETE; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; ITS APPLICATIONS; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA;

CONCRETES;

EID: 85089816242     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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