Gas permeability of high-performance concretes-site and laboratory tests

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP186, Issue , 1999, Pages 291-308

  Torrent, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bridges; High strength concretes; Laboratory tests; Permeability

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; CABLE STAYED BRIDGES; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE MIXTURES; CONCRETE TESTING; CORE DRILLING; CURING; GAS PERMEABILITY; INFILL DRILLING; LABORATORIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

CURING CONDITION; LABORATORY TEST; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; PARALLEL TEST; TEMPERATURE RISE; THERMAL CRACKING;

HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE;

EID: 79958754936     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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