Durability Design of Concrete Structures in the Severe Environments

✍ Scribed by Odd E. Gjørv

• Publisher: Spon Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 231
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

By designing in corrosion prevention and through preventive maintenance, the overall service cost of a concrete structure can be substantially reduced. This book takes a probabilistic approach to the engineering design issues for controlling durability and service life of concrete structures in severe environments. Many durability problems are caused by poor quality control as well as special problems during concrete construction. The issue of construction quality and variability need to be grasped before durability can be successfully controlled. This book helps by giving:

• reviews of field performance, deteriorating processes and current codes and practice
• methods for calculation of corrosion probability; performance-based concrete quality control; corrosion prevention and preventive maintenance
• calculation of life cycle costs and life cycle assessment
• recommended job specifications.

Internationally relevant with a practical focus, this is the essential guide for consulting and construction engineers involved in the design and execution of new concrete structures.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 9
1 Historical review......Page 12
2 Field performance......Page 25
3 Corrosion of embedded steel......Page 71
4 Other deteriorating processes......Page 91
5 Codes and practice......Page 97
6 Probability of steel corrosion......Page 105
7 Additional protective strategies and measures......Page 128
8 Concrete quality control......Page 143
9 Achieved construction quality......Page 159
10 Condition assessment and preventive maintenance......Page 162
11 Practical applications......Page 169
12 Life cycle costs......Page 189
13 Life cycle assessment......Page 195
14 Recommended job specifications......Page 205
Index......Page 226

✦ Subjects

Промышленное и гражданское строительство;Строительные конструкции;Железобетонные и каменные конструкции;