Effects of simulated environmental conditions on the internal relative humidity and relative moisture content distribution of exposed concrete

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 142-153

  Ryu, Dong Woo ^a   Ko, Jeong Won ^b   Noguchi, Takafumi ^c  

^a Daejin University   (South Korea)

^b Daewoo Institute of Construction Technology   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concrete; Crack; Electrode method; Moisture transfer; Rainfall; Relative humidity; Relative moisture content; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CRACK WIDTH; DAILY CHANGE; DRYING RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERNAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY; MOISTURE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE TRANSFER; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELATIVE MOISTURE CONTENT; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SURFACE REGION;

CRACKS; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 78751570993     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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