ABSTRACT
A thermo-dynamical description of the self excited oscillation process, which can be explained by analysis of Want-Goff and Corrence equations, is given in a previously published paper by this author (5). It follows from the analysis, that it is possible to arrest the process, if the solution concentrations within the concrete layer between the saturated surface and the capillary infiltration depth are balanced. In practice a balancing process is taking place during the entire deterioration period, which can be explained in terms of the high chemical potential of the atmospheric salt medium and a limited drying of the gel in the concrete pores. Damping of the self excited oscillations is explained by the deposition of salts on the pore walls, egress of salts to the surface by evaporation, and the dewatering effect of the thermodiffusional flux of the moisture from the interior of the wall to the external surface.
