Evaporation of water from concrete surfaces

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 384-389

  Hover, Kenneth C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bleeding; Cold weather; Curing; Evaporation; Hot weather; Plastic shrinkage

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCRETES; CURING; EVAPORATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BLEEDING; COLD WEATHER; HOT WEATHER; PLASTIC SHRINKAGE; SURFACE DRYING;

SURFACE PHENOMENA;

EID: 33845398635     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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