Saturation level of the superficial zone of concrete and adhesion of repair systems

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2488-2494

  Courard, Luc ^a   Lenaers, Jean Franois ^a   Michel, Frédéric ^a   Garbacz, Andrzej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Concrete; Repair materials; Saturation; Water

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE SAMPLES; CONCRETE SUBSTRATES; CONCRETE SURFACE; FIELD TEST; GENERAL SOURCE; INITIAL SURFACE ABSORPTIONS; MOISTURE CONDITIONING; NON DESTRUCTIVE; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; QUANTITATIVE TESTS; REPAIR MATERIALS; REPAIR SYSTEM; SATURATION; SATURATION LEVELS; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; SURFACE PREPARATION; SURFACE SATURATION;

ADHESION; MORTAR; RATING; REPAIR; SURFACES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 79551609335     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.11.076     Document Type: Article

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