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Moisture and heat transport with particular reference to concrete

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001743
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  1. National Research Council of Canada
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SubjectMoisture performance; Concrete; air moisture transfer; heat transfer; porous concrete; phase transformation; hydration; porous media; moisture movement; diffusion; capillary flow; evaporation - condensation; capillary - funicular states; convective transport; pendular state; pore structure complexity; fresh concretes; hydration reactions
Abstract
Over the years three theories have gained general acceptance in explaining the movement of moisture in porous media: the diffusion theory, the capillary flow theory, and the evaporation-condensation theory. Because a wet porous solid actually consists of at least three phases, the mechanism of simultaneous moisture and heat transport is very complex. During the capillary and funicular states of the system, moisture moves primarily by a convective transport mechanism, and the rate of moisture movement is relatively insensitive to the properties of the solid matrix. In the pendular state, the evaporation-condensation mechanism is predominant, and the rate of moisture migration depends on the complexity of the pore structure. For fresh concretes the related problems are augmented by the hydration reactions.
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PublisherNational Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
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  • Research Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research), no. DBR-RP-494 (1 October 1971).
NoteReprinted from: National Research Council, Highway Research Record, Washington, D.C., Highway Research Record 342, 1970, p. 5-16. ISSN: 0073-2206
LanguageEnglish
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NRC numberNRCC 12143
NRC-IRC-2620
NPARC number20373912
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