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Moisture Diffusion in Unsaturated Self-Desiccating Concrete with Humidity-Dependent Permeability and Nonlinear Sorption Isotherm
A nonlinear diffusion model for the drying of concrete, previously developed at Northwestern University and embedded in some design codes, was improved and calibrated on the basis of recent more extensive experimental data from the literature as well as theoretical considerations. The improvements include a new equation for the dependence of the self-desiccation rate on pore humidity and hydration degree; an updated equation for the decrease of moisture permeability at decreasing pore humidity; new equations to predict the permeability and diffusivity parameters from the and ratios, hydration degree, the type of concrete; and new equations to capture the nonlinearity of the sorption isotherm as a function of pore humidity and water-cement ratio. Furthermore, the recent idea that the pore humidity drop is the driving force, rather than a side effect, of the autogenous shrinkage is verified.
Moisture Diffusion in Unsaturated Self-Desiccating Concrete with Humidity-Dependent Permeability and Nonlinear Sorption Isotherm
A nonlinear diffusion model for the drying of concrete, previously developed at Northwestern University and embedded in some design codes, was improved and calibrated on the basis of recent more extensive experimental data from the literature as well as theoretical considerations. The improvements include a new equation for the dependence of the self-desiccation rate on pore humidity and hydration degree; an updated equation for the decrease of moisture permeability at decreasing pore humidity; new equations to predict the permeability and diffusivity parameters from the and ratios, hydration degree, the type of concrete; and new equations to capture the nonlinearity of the sorption isotherm as a function of pore humidity and water-cement ratio. Furthermore, the recent idea that the pore humidity drop is the driving force, rather than a side effect, of the autogenous shrinkage is verified.
Moisture Diffusion in Unsaturated Self-Desiccating Concrete with Humidity-Dependent Permeability and Nonlinear Sorption Isotherm
Rahimi-Aghdam, Saeed (author) / Rasoolinejad, Mohammad (author) / Bažant, Zdeněk P. (author)
2019-03-06
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