A vacuum-air permeability test for in situ assessment of cover concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-53

  Claisse, Peter A ^a   Ganjian, Esmaiel ^a   Adham, Tarek A ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degradation; Durability; Long term performance; Permeability; Transport properties

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; DRILLING; DURABILITY; IN SITU PROCESSING; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VACUUM;

COVER CONCRETES;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0036444073     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(02)00912-2     Document Type: Article

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