Transport Processes in Concrete. (2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert Cerny, Pavla Rovnanikova.
• Authors: Černý, Robert; Rovnaníková, Pavla
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Physical and chemical processes in concrete; 1.1 The composition of Portland cement; 1.2 Hydration processes of cement; 1.3 Hydration heat; 1.4 Properties of aggregates; 1.4.1 Natural aggregates; 1.4.2 Aggregates made of secondary raw materials; 1.4.3 Other components; 1.5 Structure of concrete; 1.5.1 Basic structure; 1.5.2 Models of the porous structure; 1.6 Basic physical transport mechanisms; 1.6.1 The continuum approach to porous media; 1.6.2 Coupled water vapour and water transport in the porous system 1.6.2.1 Water vapour transport and Knudsen diffusion1.6.2.2 Transport of the surface phase of water; 1.6.2.3 Liquid water transport; 1.6.2.4 Phase change processes in the porous system; 1.6.2.5 Sorption isotherms; 1.6.3 Salt transport; 1.6.4 Gas transport; 1.7 Interaction of chemical compounds with the solid matrix; 1.7.1 Interaction with the cement binder; 1.7.1.1 Water; 1.7.1.2 Acids and hydroxides; 1.7.1.3 Salt solutions; 1.7.1.4 Gases; 1.7.2 Interaction with aggregates; References; 2 Fundamentals of transport phenomena in chemically reacting mixtures 2.1 Basic concepts of continuum mechanics2.1.1 Coordinates and configuration; 2.1.2 Motion and deformation; 2.1.3 Kinematics of a continuous medium; 2.1.4 Forces and stress; 2.1.5 Work and power; 2.2 Balance laws for a single continuum containing moving discontinuities; 2.2.1 Mass balance and the continuity equation; 2.2.2 Momentum principles and equations of motion; 2.2.3 Energy balance; 2.2.4 Entropy inequality; 2.3 Constitutive equations for a single continuum; 2.3.1 Basic concepts; 2.3.2 Construction of equations of state and phenomenological equations 2.3.3 Examples of constitutive equations2.3.3.1 Heat conduction in a one-component rigid material; 2.3.3.2 Elastic material in isothermal conditions; 2.3.3.3 Viscoelastic material in isothermal conditions; 2.3.3.4 Plastic material in isothermal conditions; 2.4 Balance laws for a linear chemically reacting mixture with discontinuities; 2.4.1 Fundamentals of the linear theory of mixtures; 2.4.2 Mass balance; 2.4.3 Momentum balances; 2.4.4 Energy balance; 2.4.5 Entropy inequality; 2.5 Constitutive equations for a linear mixture; References 3 Models of heat, moisture and chemical compounds transport in porous materials3.1 Models of water and water vapour transport; 3.1.1 Convection models; 3.1.2 Diffusion models; 3.1.2.1 Diffusion models with sharp or steep interface; 3.1.3 Hybrid models; 3.2 Coupled heat and moisture transport; 3.2.1 Elementary thermodynamic model; 3.2.2 Convection models; 3.2.3 Diffusion models; 3.2.4 Hybrid models; 3.2.5 Heat and moisture transport across the interfaces; 3.3 Transport of chemical compounds; 3.4 Complex models; 3.4.1 Coupled heat, moisture and chemical compounds transport
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620.136; Concrete; Cement; Cement; Concrete; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482289107; 1482289105
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