Influence of natural coarse aggregate size, mineralogy and water content on the permeability of structural concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 602-608

  Gonilho Pereira, Cristiana ^a   Castro Gomes, João ^b   Pereira de Oliveira, Luiz ^b  

^a Barreiro College of Technology   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coarse aggregate; Concrete permeability; Durability; Permeability; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; AIR PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARITY; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CURING; DURABILITY; LIQUIDS; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; SOLIDS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

COARSE AGGREGATE; COARSE AGGREGATE SIZES; COARSE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE DURABILITIES; CONCRETE PERMEABILITY; CONSTANT VOLUMES; CURING CONDITIONS; DIFFERENT SIZES; PERMEABILITY; SATURATED STATES; STRUCTURAL CONCRETES;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 54849411643     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.04.009     Document Type: Review

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