Internal curing - Role of absorbed water in aggregates

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-218, Issue , 2004, Pages 131-142

  Hammer, Tor Arne ^a   Bjøntegaard, Øyvind ^b   Sellevold, Erik J ^c  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NTNU

Author keywords

Absorbed water; Aggregate; Autogenous shrinkage; Chemical shrinkage; Internal curing; Permeability; Pore structure

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CURING; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE; PORE STRUCTURE; SHRINKAGE; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORBED WATER; AUTOGENOUS SHRINKAGE; INTERNAL CURING; LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE; PARTICLE SPACING; POZZOLANIC REACTION; ROLE OF WATER; SEALED CURING;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 85111744687     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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