journal article·2026-07

Influence of mortar composition and pore structure on the volume, kinetics and location of DEF and induced expansion

Abubaker Danfour, Janez Perko, Diederik Jacques, Suresh Seetharam, Quoc Tri Phung, Lander Frederickx, Ghosh Debabrata, Özlem Cizer

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