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Effect of Constrictivity of Gel/Capillary Pores in Concrete on Chloride Ions Migration
Corrosion of steel bars due to chloride ions in seawater migration into reinforced concrete (RC) lining is a major factor affecting the lifetime of...
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Calibration of Tang’s Model for Concentration Dependence of Diffusion in Cementitious Materials
In this paper the Tang’s model (Cem. Concr. Res. 1999), updated by introducing the pore geometry factor, was calibrated on through diffusion...
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A Review of Research on Chloride Corrosion of Steel Reinforcement in Pre-cracked Concrete
Due to environmental erosion and loading effects, reinforced concrete structures inevitably have various macro- or micro-cracks. The existence of...
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Properties and Microstructure of Concrete with Manufactured Sand
This chapter shows the workability and rheological properties of fresh concrete with manufactured sand, mechanical properties, and durability of...
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Chloride Ingress in Stressed Concrete
This chapter focuses on the influence of microscopic damage and cracks on the chloride ingress in concrete. In this chapter, a loading effect factor...
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Influence of Mineral Additions in Improving the Chloride Binding Capacity of the Concrete
Ingression of chloride is a most devasting phenomenon in the concrete. Especially the concrete structures present at the coastal regions are highly...
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Speciation of iron(II/III) at the iron-cement interface: a review
Steel is used as reinforcement in construction materials and it is also an important component of cement-stabilized waste materials to be disposed of...
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Coupled Flow and Geomechanics Model for CO2 Storage in Tight Gas Reservoir
The process of injection and withdrawal from tight gas reservoirs is a multiphysics and multicomponent problem. The aim of the present work is to...
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Error analysis for quadtree-type mesh coarsening algorithms adapted to pixelized heterogeneous microstructures
For pixel-based microstructure representations we propose two different variants of adaptive, quadtree-based mesh coarsening algorithms that serve...
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Experimental and numerical investigation of the alkali-silica reaction in the cement-based materials
The main subject of this paper is the investigation of the influence of the alkali-silica reaction on the microstructure and the transport properties...
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Anisotropy Properties of Tissues: A Basis for Fabrication of Biomimetic Anisotropic Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Tissue engineering has been a subject of extensive scientific exploration in the last two decades making gradual inroads into clinical studies as...
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An advanced prediction mechanism to analyse pore geometry shapes and identification of blocking effect in VRLA battery system
The aim of this investigation is to define a model of an alternating current impedance response that can identify the state of health of a porous...
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Thermal Management Modeling in Thermo-Chemical Heat Storage Systems
In thermal and chemical engineering, chemical reactors are designed vessels where chemical reactions can take place.
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Effects of Nano-silica (NS) Additions on Durability of SCC Mixtures
In this study, three different types of nano-silica were applied in self-compacting concrete (SCC), one produced by the controlled dissolution of the...
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Non-destructive Electrical Methods for Measuring the Physical Characteristics of Porous Materials
The durability of reinforced concrete structures, built on the seafront, has been at the heart of recent concerns. Indeed, chloride transport across...
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Convective Drying of Food: Foundation, Modeling and Applications
This chapter focuses in a theoretical and experimental study of food dehydration with particular reference to drying of fruits and vegetables. Topics...
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Representative Volumes for Numerical Modeling of Mass Transport in Hydrating Cement Paste
Representative elementary volume (REV) has major importance in numerical estimation of effective transport properties of porous materials. The...
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Classical Theory of Diffusion and Seepage Problems in Porous Media
In this chapter we develop the coupled diffusion and seepage problem using the theory of mixtures. It is clearly understood that the diffusion...
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Relationship between chloride diffusivity and pore structure of hardened cement paste
Based on effective media theory, a predictive model, relating chloride diffusivity to the capillary pores, gel pores, tortuosity factor, and pore...
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Development of a multi-species mass transport model for concrete with account to thermodynamic phase equilibriums
In this study, a coupled multi-species transport and chemical equilibrium model has been established. The model is capable of predicting time...
