Numerical and experimental assessment of unsaturated fluid transport in saw-cut (Notched) concrete elements

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 266 SP, 2009, Pages 73-85

  Pour Ghaz, M ^a   Rajabipour, F ^b   Couch, J ^a   Weiss, J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Cement paste; Numerical modeling; Surface tension; Unsaturated fluid transport; X ray attenuation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION RATES; CEMENT PASTE; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; CONCRETE ELEMENTS; DURABILITY PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FINITE ELEMENT; FLUID TRANSPORT; INFLUENCE OF FLUID; NUMERICAL MODELING; RICHARD'S EQUATION; SAW-CUT JOINTS; TWO-FLUID; UNSATURATED FLOWS; WATER TRANSPORT; X-RAY ATTENUATION;

ABSORPTION; CEMENTS; COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DURABILITY; GEOMETRY; OIL WELL CEMENTING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; WETTING;

FLUIDS;

EID: 77952377698     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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