Water Transport in Brick Stone and Concrete

<p>Moisture dynamics in brick stone and concrete has a controlling influence on the durability and performance of the built environment.<i> Water Transport in Brick Stone and Concrete </i>provides a unified description of transport processes involving saturated and unsaturated flow in porous inorganic materials and structures. It sets out fundamental physics and materials science mathematical description and experimental measurement as a basis for engineering design and construction practice. </p><p>Now in its third edition the book combines a systematic presentation of the scientific and technical principles with new analyses of topics such as sorption isotherms temperature dependence of sorptivity time-dependent properties of cement-based materials layered materials air-trapping and driving rain.</p><p>It serves as an authoritative reference for research workers practising engineers and students of civil building architectural and materials engineering. Much of the fundamental work is relevant to engineers in soil science and geotechnics as well as oilfield chemical and process engineering. </p>