Highways Agency Report

             Shelfmark: SSR/TRL/WP162
       Personal author: Emerson M
                 Title: The absorption of water by concrete: the state of the
                        art
             Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory, 1990
  Physical description: 25p., charts
                 Price: Unpriced
                Series: Working Paper: WP/SB/1/1990
       Notes - general: Data from literature survey on the water permeability
                        and sorptivity of concrete are presented, together
                        with the main results from some experimental work on
                        water absorption process, both in the interpretation
                        of the basic concepts, and in the mathmatical
                        solutions.  The experimental work is associated with
                        the measurementof the absorption of water by
                        relatively small samples of concrete of different
                        thicknesses.  The results are presented in terms of
                        the quantity of waterabsorbed, and the rate and
                        distance of penetration.  It is suggested that when
                        considering cover concrete, which is unlikely to be
                        permanently saturated, its sorptivity will give a
                        better idea of the rate of absorption of water than
                        its permeability.
               Keyword: Concrete Analysis
 TRRL WORKING PAPER
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