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Optimization of Steam-Curing Regime for Recycled Aggregate Concrete Incorporating High Early Strength Cement-A

Asad Hanif1, Yongjae Kim2, Muhammad Usman3

  • 1Department of Civil Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Allama Iqbal Road, Mirpur AJ&K 10250, Pakistan. ahanif@connect.ust.hk.

Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
|December 15, 2018
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concretehigh early strengthmechanical propertiesrecycled aggregatesteam curingwaste recycling

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