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/ | | | | | | |
| 0 | 1 | 458.08 | 210.53 | 150.63 | 22.90 | 10.53 | 7.53 | 5 | 451.06 | 210.01 | 151.10 | 22.55 | 10.50 | 7.56 | 10 | 432.10 | 206.43 | 150.18 | 21.61 | 10.32 | 7.51 | 25 | 423.70 | 205.48 | 150.46 | 21.19 | 10.27 | 7.52 |
| 0.08 | 1 | 429.89 | 197.82 | 141.62 | 21.49 | 9.89 | 7.08 | 5 | 420.24 | 196.14 | 141.27 | 21.01 | 9.81 | 7.06 | 10 | 409.30 | 196.16 | 142.90 | 20.47 | 9.81 | 7.15 | 25 | 401.76 | 196.00 | 143.89 | 20.09 | 9.80 | 7.19 |
| 0.16 | 1 | 404.42 | 186.32 | 133.45 | 20.22 | 9.32 | 6.67 | 5 | 398.90 | 186.63 | 134.56 | 19.95 | 9.33 | 6.73 | 10 | 394.53 | 190.09 | 138.80 | 19.73 | 9.50 | 6.94 | 25 | 401.04 | 199.71 | 147.91 | 20.05 | 9.99 | 7.40 |
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