Moisture distribution in drying ordinary and high performance concrete cured in a simulated hot dry climate

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 37, Issue 272, 2004, Pages 522-531

  Cano Barrita, P F De J ^a   Balcom, B J ^b   Bremner, T W ^b   MacMillan, M B ^b   Langley, W S ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c W S Langley Concrete/Mat TI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HYDRATION; INTEGRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOISTURE; SILICA;

BOLTZMANN TRANSFORMATION; CAPILLARY PRESSURE MECHANISM; MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; SELF-DESSICATION;

CONCRETES;

EID: 7544242700     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/13968     Document Type: Article

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