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A Study of Fine Aggregate Properties and Their Effect on the Quality of Cementitious Composite Materials
(2015)
Aggregate is a major constituent of composite building materials. Therefore, aggregate characteristics have an important influence on mortar properties. The objective of this paper is to study the properties and therefore ...
Crushed limestone as an aggregate in concrete production: the Cyprus case
(2010)
Limestones in Cyprus are mainly quarried for the production of coarse and fine aggregates to be used in concrete. The objective of this paper is to examine the properties of crushed limestone aggregates. The petrographical ...
Testing the soundness of aggregates using different methodologies
(2013)
This paper compares the European (EN) and US (ASTM) standard tests for the soundness of aggregates. The main purpose of the paper is to identify the differences between these two methods and to investigate the extent of ...