Abstract
Chloride attack is known as one of the major causes of concrete degradation. To improve durability of concrete structures it is essential to understand chloride transport in concrete. One of the situations often encountered in civil engineering constructions is wick action. This is the situation where there is a supply of moisture and dissolved salt on one side of material, whereas the other side is exposed to continuous drying in the open air. Here wick action results in fast transport of salt over a large distance. To have an insight into the transport mechanisms of chloride through concrete during wick action a numerical model has been developed for steady state wick action. To validate the designed model Nuclear Magnetic resonance (NMR) technique has been utilized for quantitative concentration profiling of moisture and sodium ions semi-simultaneously.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Life-cycle of engineering systems |
| Subtitle of host publication | Emphasis on sustainable civil infrastructure - 5th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Engineering, IALCCE 2016 |
| Publisher | CRC Press/Balkema |
| Pages | 855-859 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138028470 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Event | 5th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2016 - Delft, Netherlands Duration: 16 Oct 2016 → 19 Oct 2016 Conference number: 5 http://www.ialcce2016.org/ |
Conference
| Conference | 5th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2016 |
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| Abbreviated title | IALCCE 2016 |
| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Delft |
| Period | 16/10/16 → 19/10/16 |
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