Soil physics principles validated for use in predicting unsaturated moisture movement in portland cement concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-70

  Savage, Bonnie Mae ^a   Janssen, Donald J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Concretes; Moisture; Permeability; Portland cement; Soils

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DESORPTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOISTURE; PERFORMANCE; PORTLAND CEMENT; SOILS;

GENUCHTEN MOISTURE CHARACTERISTICS; PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE; SOIL PHYSICS PRINCIPLES; UNSATURATED MOISTURE MOVEMENT;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0030672040     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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