Neutron radiography, a powerful method to determine time-dependent moisture distributions in concrete

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4758-4766

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Wittmann, Folker H ^a,b   Zhao, Tie Jun ^a   Lehmann, Eberhard H ^c   Vontobel, Peter ^c  

^a QINGDAO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Aedificat Institute Freiburg   (Germany)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY SUCTION; CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; CEMENT-BASED; CORROSION OF STEEL; DETERIORATION MECHANISM; FINE CRACK; FUNCTION OF TIME; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; MORTAR SPECIMENS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; SOLID BASIS; SURFACE IMPREGNATION; TIME-DEPENDENT; WATER PENETRATION; WATER REPELLENT TREATMENT; WATER-CEMENT RATIO;

CEMENTS; CRACKS; DETERIORATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE METERS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NEUTRONS; RADIOLOGY; REINFORCED CONCRETE; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 82555194164     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.02.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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