Abstract: The two governing equations that describe the diffusion of chloride ions into nonsaturated concrete are established. Material models for the four material parameters involved in the governing equations are developed, ...

Abstract: Predicting delayed strains in concrete proves to be critical to a large number of prestressed concrete structures. These delayed strains include drying shrinkage, basic, and drying creep strains essentially. In this paper, ...

Abstract: This paper presents a validation of a new protocol for the characterization of drying shrinkage of cement paste. The method consists of using environmental scanning electronic microscope (ESEM) or climatic chamber (CC) ...