A practical procedure for the analysis of moisture transfer within concrete due to drying

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 129-137

  Akita, H ^a   Fujiwara, T ^b   Ozaka, Y ^c  

^a TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRACKS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DRYING; DURABILITY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SHRINKAGE;

NONLINEAR DIFFUSION EQUATION;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0031165166     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.1997.49.179.129     Document Type: Article

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