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Application of the Taguchi Method for Optimizing the Process Parameters of Producing Lightweight Aggregates by

How-Ji Chen1, Sheng-Nan Chang2, Chao-Wei Tang3

  • 1Department of Civil Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, No. 250, Kuo Kuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan. hojichen@nchu.edu.tw.

Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
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Taguchi methodgrinding sludgelightweight aggregateorthogonal arrayreservoir sediments

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