Sorptivity and the estimation of water penetration into unsaturated concrete

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 342-347

  Lockington, D ^a   Parlange, J Y ^b   Dux, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SORPTION; WATER;

SORPTIVITY; WATER PENETRATION;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0032642628     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02479625     Document Type: Article

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