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CIF-Test-Capillary suction, internal damage and freeze thaw test

Reference method and alternative methods A and B

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  • RILEM TC 176-IDC Internal Damage of Concrete Due to Frost Action Recommendations of RILEM TC 176-IDC: Test Methods of Frost Resistance of Concrete
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  1. M. J. Setzer
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The tests presented hereafter are drafts for general consideration. Comments should be sent to the TC Chairman: M. J. Setzer, University of Essen, IBPM-Institute of Building Physics and Material Science, Postfach 45117 Essen, Germany; email:mj.setzer@uni-essen.de, by 30 April 2002. Remarks by the Chairman of RILEM TC 176-IDC: I. Formal decisions: The RILEM TC 176-IDC decided at its meetings in Bergamo (2000), Paris (2000) and Essen (2001): 1. Two test procedures shall be published as RILEM Recommendations: CIF-test and modified Slab test. The CIF test extends the existing RILEM Recommendation CDF test1 which was developed for measuring the scaling under the attack of frost and deicing agents. The modified Slab test relies on the Swedish Standard SS137244. 2.The tests are presented to give a basis for gaining experience. 3.The descriptions shall be based on proposals already distributed to the Committee. 4.Responsible authors are for CIF-Test M. J. Setzer and for Slab-Test Per-Erik Petersson and Luping Tang. 5.Two inter-laboratory-tests have been performed by RILEM TC 176-IDC in 2000-one for CIF and one for modified Slab test, each comprising three concretes. The results have been evaluated strictly basing on ISO 5725 by Dr. Auberg and Mrs. Kasparek for CIF and by Dr. Luping Tang for modified Slab test. The results have been cross-checked by the two groups. The RILEM TC 176-IDC decided to use these precision data for the drafts. II. Comments by the Chairman: 1.It must be taken into account that the results and especially the level of damage is different in both tests. Therefore, it is not appropriate to compare the simple number even if similar physical parameters are used such as transit time, dynamic elastic modulus and relative length change. Based on the interlaboratory test, the measured damage can be up to a factor of 3 higher in CIF than in modified Slab test. 2.The damage levels given in the precision tables are not to be mistaken as acceptance criteria. The RILEM TC 176-IDC is not prepared at this time to propose acceptance criteria. Acceptance criteria are in the responsibility of contractors committees of standardization. For this, additional data which link the test results with performance under practical conditions are necessary (such conditions can vary considerably based on local and regional climatic conditions).

Membership: Chairman: M. J. Setzer;Secretary: D. J. Janssen;Voting Members: R. Auberg, Germany; D. H. Bager (Denmark), G. Gudmundsson (Iceland), S. Jacobsen (Norway), H. Kukko (Finland), T. Miura (Japan), H. Mihashi (Japan), V. Penttala (Finland), P.-E. Petersson (Sweden), E. Schulson (USA), J. Stark (Germany), L. Tang (Sweden), P. Ursella (Italy)

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Setzer, M.J., Auberg, R., Kasparek, S. et al. CIF-Test-Capillary suction, internal damage and freeze thaw test. Mat. Struct. 34, 515–525 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02482179

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