Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 52, Issue 11, 3537(2024)

Representative Elementary Size of Mortar’s Mesostructure

RONG Zhidan1...2, CHEN Hao1,2, GAO Yun3, and OUYANG Hanliang12 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1College of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
  • 2Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Construction Materials, Nanjing 211189, China
  • 3Institute of Civil Engineering, School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 712000, China
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    Received: Dec. 20, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 13, 2024

    Published Online: Dec. 13, 2024

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    DOI:10.14062/j.issn.0454-5648.20230977

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