Measuring the Electroosmotic Permeability Coefficient in Single Bricks
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 36, Issue 10
Abstract
The transport process electroosmosis (EO) has been suggested to be used for dewatering damp brick masonry for decades. Still, it is debated whether EO can be obtained in bricks. By use of an advanced EO laboratory cell, this paper reports that an EO flow can be generated in two types of Danish bricks. The electroosmotic permeability coefficient was shown to be dependent on both intrinsic properties of bricks, such as pore size distribution, and extrinsic properties, such as zeta potential. Results showed that the brick with a higher pore volume but with a lower surface charge has a lower EO permeability coefficient.
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Some of the data and models that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 36 • Issue 10 • October 2024
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Received: Oct 4, 2023
Accepted: Mar 12, 2024
Published online: Jul 26, 2024
Published in print: Oct 1, 2024
Discussion open until: Dec 26, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Biological processes
- Bricks
- Building materials
- Construction (by type)
- Construction engineering
- Continuum mechanics
- Damping
- Dewatering
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Engineering mechanics
- Environmental engineering
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Masonry
- Materials characterization
- Materials engineering
- Osmosis
- Permeability (material)
- Pore size distribution
- Soil mechanics
- Soil properties
- Solid mechanics
- Structural dynamics
- Structural engineering
- Waste management
- Waste treatment
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