Absorption and sorptivity of cover concrete

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 105-110

  Claisse, Peter A ^a   Elsayad, Hanaa I ^b   Shaaban, Ibrahim G ^c  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PORTLAND CEMENT; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SURFACE PHENOMENA; WATER ABSORPTION; WETTING;

CAPILLARY SUCTION; COVER CONCRETE; LOW WATER CONCRETE; SORPTIVITY;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0031207322     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(1997)9:3(105)     Document Type: Article

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