Measurement of water transport from saturated pumice aggregates to hardening cement paste

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 861-868

  Lura, Pietro ^a   Bentz, Dale P ^b   Lange, David A ^c   Kovler, Konstantin ^d   Bentur, Arnon ^d   Van Breugel, Klaas ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autogenous strain; Curing; High performance concrete; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVES; AGGREGATES; CEMENTS; CONCRETES; CURING; SHRINKAGE;

AUTOGENOUS STRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; INTERNAL WATER CURING; WATER TRANSPORT;

CAPILLARITY;

EID: 33845789108     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-006-9137-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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