Garen B. Gregorian, P.E., MSCE, MSME, is a Consulting Structural Engineer in the offices of Gregorian Engineers (originally Zareh B. Gregorian & Associates, Inc.). Mr. Gregorian has collaborated in the design of numerous Commercial, Institutional, Healthcare, Recreational, Residential and Light industrial projects. Garen can be reached at garen@gregorianengineers.com.
Definitions
Porous: Possessing or full of pores, permeable to liquids.
Porosity: The ratio of the volume of interstices of a material to the volume of its mass.
Volume of Permeable Voids: Volume of space where water or air can permeate.
(From Webster’s 7th New Collegiate Dictionary, B4C Merriam Company, 1972.) …