Water sorptivity of heat-cured concrete for bridge structures

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-171, Issue , 1997, Pages 97-108

  Ho, D W S ^a   Chirgwin, G J ^b   Mak, S L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Roads and Traffic Authority NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concretes; Curing; Durability; Sorption; Specifications; Water

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CURING; INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS); SPECIFICATIONS;

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTIONS; BRIDGE STRUCTURES; INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS; PERFORMANCE BASED SPECIFICATIONS; PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS; PRESCRIPTIVE SPECIFICATIONS; SERVICE LIFE PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 77958053384     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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