Capillary absorption in concrete and the Lucas-Washburn equation

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-91

  Hanžič, Lucija ^a   Kosec, Ladislav ^b   Anžel, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Capillary absorption; Concrete; Lucas Washburn equation; Neutron Radiography

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINING AGENTS; CAPILLARY ABSORPTION; CONCRETE MATRIX; LIQUID VISCOSITY; LUCAS-WASHBURN EQUATION; SUPERPLASTICIZERS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; WATER SYSTEM;

ABSORPTION; CEMENTS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GELS; LIQUIDS; NEUTRON EMISSION; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; VISCOSITY; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATERWORKS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 70449687715     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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