Advances in Civil Engineering
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 2513514, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2513514
Research Article
Crystalline Coating and Its Influence on the Water Transport in Concrete
1Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thákurova 7, 166 29 Prague 6, Czech Republic
2University Centre of Energy Efficient Buildings, Czech Technical University in Prague, Třinecká 1024, 273 43 Buštěhrad, Czech Republic
Received 28 November 2015; Revised 26 June 2016; Accepted 11 July 2016
Academic Editor: Gianmarco De Felice
Copyright © 2016 Pavel Reiterman and Jiri Pazderka. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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