Leaching of reinforced concrete vaults subjected to variable water content due to capillary suction created by seasonal temperature changes

RILEM Workshop on Long-Term Performance of Cementitious Barriers and Reinforced Concrete in Nuclear Power Plants, NUCPERF 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-11

  Zuloaga, Pablo ^a   Andrade, Carmen ^b   Castellote, Marta ^b  

^a Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos SA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EDUARDO TORROJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LEACHING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

DISPOSAL CONDITIONS; MIGRATION MECHANISMS; NEAR-SURFACE DISPOSAL; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELLING; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONDITIONS; THERMO-HYDRAULIC MODEL;

CONCRETES;

EID: 84923973174     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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