thixotropy

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Abstract This paper tries to make a link between the measurements of the rheological properties of fresh concrete (yield stress and thixotropy) and casting processes.

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  1. noun The property exhibited by certain gels of becoming fluid when stirred or shaken and returning to the semisolid state upon standing.

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  • Abstract This paper tries to make a link between the measurements of the rheological properties of fresh concrete (yield stress and thixotropy) and casting processes. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • In a second part, a thixotropy model allowing for the prediction of the apparent yield stress of the material as a function of its flow history will be presented. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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  1. Greek thixis, touch (from thinganein, thig-, to touch; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots) + -tropy.
 

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