Prediction of self-desiccation in low water-to-cement ratio pastes based on pore structure evolution

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-47

  Chen, Hui ^a   Wyrzykowski, Mateusz ^b,c   Scrivener, Karen ^a   Lura, Pietro ^b,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cement (D); Humidity (A); Hydration (A); Mercury porosimetry (B); Microstructure (B)

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS (D); HUMIDITIES (A); HYDRATIONS (A); INTERNAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; MICRO-STRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; WATER-TO-CEMENT RATIOS;

CRACKS; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; HYDRATION; MERCURY (METAL); MICROSTRUCTURE; PORTLAND CEMENT;

SHRINKAGE;

EID: 84876145605     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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