Book description
Transport Properties of Concrete covers how to measure the ability of ions and fluids to move through concrete material, and how to use the results to model performance. These transport properties largely determine the durability of concrete and of steel embedded within it, as well as the effectiveness of structures such as landfill containment barriers.
The book begins by explaining in detail what transport properties are and how to write computer models for transport processes. Early chapters present and explain computer models written in basic code. Coverage then proceeds to a wide range of tests for the transport properties of concrete, and methods for calculating the values for these properties from the test results using analytical and numerical models. The final chapters then show how the values obtained can be used to predict the durability of reinforced concrete, to model the effect of gas pressure, and to model waste containment structures. A number of practical examples are given, in which the calculations and computer models have been applied to real experimental data.
Transport Properties of Concrete provides a comprehensive examination of the subject, and will be of use to all concerned with the durability and effectiveness of concrete structures.
- Provides a detailed understanding of the various transport mechanisms that take place during testing in concrete
- Shows how to obtain fundamental transport properties
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Copyright
- Author contact details
- Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The transport properties of concrete and the equations that describe them
- 2. Computer models to predict the transport processes in concrete
- 3. Surface tests to determine transport properties of concrete – I: the tests
- 4. Surface tests to determine transport properties of concrete – II: analytical models to calculate permeability
- 5. Surface tests to determine transport properties of concrete – III: measuring gas permeability
- 6. Measurements of gas migration in concrete
- 7. Water vapour and liquid permeability measurements in concrete
- 8. Measurement of porosity as a predictor of the transport properties of concrete
- 9. Factors affecting the measurement of the permeability of concrete
- 10. Electrical tests to analyse the transport properties of concrete – I: modelling diffusion and electromigration
- 11. Electrical tests to analyse the transport properties of concrete – II: using a neural network model to derive diffusion coefficients
- 12. Electrical tests to analyse the fundamental transport properties of concrete – III: modelling tests without applied voltages
- 13. Applications using measured values of the transport properties of concrete I: predicting the durability of reinforced concrete
- 14. Applications using measured values of the transport properties of concrete II: modelling the effect of gas pressure
- 15. Applications using measured values of the transport properties of concrete – III: predicting the transport of liquids through concrete barriers for waste containment
- Conclusions, recommendations and guidance for measuring transport properties of concrete
- Appendix 1: List of papers for the experimental data and derivations
- Appendix 2: Notation and abbreviations
- Index
Product information
- Title: Transport Properties of Concrete
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2014
- Publisher(s): Woodhead Publishing
- ISBN: 9781782423195
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