Hygro-thermo-chemical modeling of high performance concrete. I: Theory

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 301-308

  Di Luzio, Giovanni ^a   Cusatis, Gianluca ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Early age; Hydration; Moisture; Polymerization; Relative humidity; Silica fume reaction; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CEMENT HYDRATIONS; CONCENTRATION OF; EARLY AGE; EVOLUTION LAWS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETES; HYDRATION DEGREES; MACROSCOPIC MASS; MOISTURE TRANSPORTS; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATIONS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SELF DESICCATIONS; SELF-HEATING; THEORETICAL FORMULATIONS; THERMO CHEMICALS; THERMO-CHEMICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALIBRATION; CEMENTS; CONCRETES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MOISTURE; MONOMERS; OXIDES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SILICA; SILICA FUME; SILICATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HYDRATION;

EID: 67349240510     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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