Analytical Methods for Prediction of Water Absorption in Cement-Based Material英文资料.pdfVIP

China OceanEngineering , Vol . 23, No. 4 , pp. 719- 728 Z 2009 Chinese Ocean Engineering Society, ISSN 0890-5487 Analytical Methods for Prediction of Water Absorption in Cemen-t Based Material* WANG Li- cheng ( ) 1 State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Off shore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China ( Received 9 September 2008 received revised form 5 May 2009 accepted 24 August 2009) ABSTRACT The capillary absorption of water by unsaturated cem ent- based material is the m ain reason of degradation of the stru ctures subjected to an aggressive environment since w ater often acts as the transporting medium f or damaging contami- nants . It is w ell know n that the cap illarity coefficient and sorptivity are tw o important p aram eters to characterize the w ater absorption of porou s materials . Generally, the f ormer is used to describe the penetration depth or height of w ater trans- port , w hich must be measured by special and advanced equ ipment . In contrast , the sorptivity represent s the relationship betw een cumulative volum e of w ater uptake and the square root of the elapsed tim e, which can be easily m easured by the gravim etric method in a normal laboratory condition . In the present study, an analytical method is develop ed to bu ild up a bridge betw een these tw o param eters, w ith the purpose th at the sorptivity or the gravimetric m ethod can be used to pre- dict the p enetration depth of w ater absorption . Additionally, a new model to explain the dependence of sorptivity on initial w ater content of the material is develop ed in order