Title: Lessons Learned from Refractory Concrete Failures

Author(s): T.J. Fowler

Publication: Symposium Paper

Volume: 57

Issue:

Appears on pages(s): 283-304

Keywords: achors (fasteners); failure; furnances; joints (junctions); kilns; linings; mechanical shock; metal fibers; refractory concretes; repairs; thermal expansion

DOI: 10.14359/17855

Date: 1/1/1978

Abstract:
A review of operational experience of typical refractory concrete installations with empahsis on failures, their causes and the lessons learned. Self-supporting, suspended, precast, and lining type applications are included.