Moisture distribution in partially enclosed concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 259-265

  Aquino, Wilkins ^a   Hawkins, Neil M ^b   Lange, David A ^b  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Drying; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE COMPOSITE MATERIALS ( ACM); DIFFUSION THEORY; DRYING BEHAVIOR; MASS TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; DRYING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYGROMETERS; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 4544293070     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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