Determination of the water diffusivity of concrete using drying/absorption test results

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Samson, Eric ^a   Maleki, Keyvan ^a   Marchand, Jacques ^a,b   Zhang, Tiewei ^a  

^a SIMCO TECHNOLOGIES INC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorption; Concrete; Drying test; Durability; Richards model; Water diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CEMENTS; CONCRETE MIXTURES; CONCRETES; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DRYING; DURABILITY; MOISTURE; TESTING; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION EXPERIMENTS; DRYING TESTS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; HYDRATED CEMENT SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC CEMENT CONCRETE; RICHARDS MODELS; WATER DIFFUSIVITY; WATER TRANSPORT MODELS;

PRODUCED WATER;

EID: 76649135195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI101322     Document Type: Article

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