Research Article

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

Table 3

RVE size estimation for different number of numerical tests.

RVE size (mm)RVE size/

01458.08210.53150.6322.9010.537.53
5451.06210.01151.1022.5510.507.56
10432.10206.43150.1821.6110.327.51
25423.70205.48150.4621.1910.277.52

0.081429.89197.82141.6221.499.897.08
5420.24196.14141.2721.019.817.06
10409.30196.16142.9020.479.817.15
25401.76196.00143.8920.099.807.19

0.161404.42186.32133.4520.229.326.67
5398.90186.63134.5619.959.336.73
10394.53190.09138.8019.739.506.94
25401.04199.71147.9120.059.997.40