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A performance specification for durable concrete

✍ Scribed by D.W.S. Ho; G.J. Chirgwin

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
530 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
0950-0618

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✦ Synopsis

The lack of durability of reinforced concrete structures often refers to the corrosion of the reinforcing steel and the subsequent spalling of the cover concrete. With the use of water sorptivity in quantifying the quality of concrete, this paper discusses the deficiencies in the common practice of specifying concrete for reinforcement protection. The paper also demonstrates how water sorptivitv can be used as a simole oerformance criterion for specifying durable concrete.

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