Test methods for measuring fluid transport in cover concrete

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 138-143

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

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DRYING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

COVER CONCRETE; COVERCRETE ABSORPTION TEST (CAT); SURFACE ABSORPTION TEST (SAT);

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0033121581     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(1999)11:2(138)     Document Type: Article

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