Simulation of water pressure on washout of underwater concrete repair

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 529-536

  Assaad, Joseph J ^a   Daou, Yehia ^b   Khayat, Kamal H ^c  

^a University ^*  (Lebanon)

^b BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrostatic pressure; Interfacial velocity; Underwater concrete; Washout loss

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; GOOD CORRELATIONS; INTERFACIAL VELOCITIES; MIXTURE COMPOSITIONS; TEST METHOD; TEST RESULTS; UNDERWATER CONCRETE; UNDERWATER CONCRETES; WASHOUT LOSS; WATER DEPTH; WATER HEADS; WATER PRESSURES; WATER SURFACE;

HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; UNDERWATER CONSTRUCTION; VELOCITY;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 72149117388     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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