On estimating the effective diffusive properties of hardened cement pastes

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-295

  Stora, Eric ^a   Bary, Benoét ^a   He, Qi Chang ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Cement Paste; Composite spheres assemblage; Connectivity; Diffusivity; Effective medium approximations; Homogenization; Leaching; Porosity

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; PORE STRUCTURE; POROSITY;

CEMENT PASTE; COMPOSITE SPHERES ASSEMBLAGE; DECALCIFICATION;

CEMENTS;

CEMENTS; DIFFUSION; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; PORE STRUCTURE; POROSITY;

CEMENT; DIFFUSIVITY; MODELING; POROSITY;

EID: 44349194366     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-007-9170-z     Document Type: Article

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