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Performance-Based Specifications and Control of Concrete Durability

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Abstract

Durability of concrete structures is primarily dependent on the environmental influences, i.e. the penetration of aggressive substances in the structural element from the environment. Penetrability is an important durability indicator of concrete and by specifying different classes of penetrability of concrete it should be possible to design a structure with the required resistance to environmental loads. This chapter covers descriptions of the available and commonly applied in situ and laboratory, non-invasive and semi-invasive test methods for evaluating concrete penetrability properties.

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  1. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Zagreb, Croatia

    D. Bjegović & M. Serdar

  2. Institute IGH, Zagreb, Croatia

    D. Bjegović

  3. University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    I. S. Oslaković

  4. TFB, Zurich, Switzerland

    F. Jacobs

  5. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    H. Beushausen

  6. Eduardo Torroja Institute (IETcc-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

    C. Andrade

  7. National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal

    A. V. Monteiro

  8. University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    P. Paulini

  9. Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK

    S. Nanukuttan

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Bjegović, D. et al. (2016). Test Methods for Concrete Durability Indicators. In: Beushausen, H., Fernandez Luco, L. (eds) Performance-Based Specifications and Control of Concrete Durability. RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7309-6_4

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