Capillary pressure in fresh cement-based materials and identification of the air entry value

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 557-565

  Slowik, Volker ^a   Schmidt, Markus ^a   Fritzsch, Roberto ^a  

^a LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Concrete curing; Early age cracking; Electrical conductivity; Plastic shrinkage

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CAPILLARY TUBES; CEMENTS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PIGMENTS; RISK PERCEPTION; THERMOELECTRICITY;

CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CAPILLARY WATER; CEMENT BASED MATERIALS; CLOSED LOOPS; EARLY-AGE CRACKING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; INERT MATERIALS; PLASTIC SHRINKAGE; PORE SYSTEMS; RE-WETTING; SOLID PARTICLES; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; WATER SURFACES;

PRESSURE;

EID: 45849130155     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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