Research Article

A Mesoscopic Model for Predicting the Chloride Diffusivity’ Representative Volume Element in Concrete as a Random Composite

Table 2

RVE size estimation under different expectation errors.

RVE size (mm)RVE size/
 = 1% = 2% = 5% = 1% = 2% = 5%

01458.08234.4996.7622.9011.724.84
5451.06233.4997.7822.5511.674.89
10432.10228.7098.6221.6111.444.93
25423.70227.1799.6521.1911.364.98

0.081429.89220.3391.6021.4911.024.58
5420.24218.0091.5521.0110.904.58
10409.30217.2294.0120.4710.864.70
25401.76216.5195.6220.0910.834.78

0.161404.42207.4685.8420.2210.374.29
5398.90207.3687.3119.9510.374.37
10394.53210.3491.5819.7310.524.58
25401.04219.9999.4520.0511.004.97