Effects of cement size distribution on capillary pore structure of the simulated cement paste

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 285-293

  Navi, Parviz ^a   Pignat, Christian ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capillary pore; Cement; Microstructure; Simulation; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347033248     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0256(99)00071-3     Document Type: Article

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