Gas permeability of unsaturated cement-based materials: application of a multi-scale network model

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 251-263

  Galle C ^a   Daian, J F ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROUS MATERIALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER;

DEGREE OF WATER SATURATION; GAS PERMEABILITY; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY TEST; MULTISCALE NETWORK MODEL; RENORMALIZATION METHOD; UNSATURATED CEMENT;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0034247820     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2000.52.4.251     Document Type: Article

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