| Description |
1 online resource (579 p.) |
| Series |
Modern Concrete Technology Ser. ; v.23 |
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Modern Concrete Technology Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Authors -- 1 Durability performance of concrete structures -- 1.1 What Is Durability? -- 1.2 Deterioration Mechanisms of Concrete Structures -- 1.2.1 Carbonation-Induced Steel Corrosion -- 1.2.2 Chloride-Induced Steel Corrosion -- 1.2.3 External Sulphate Attack -- 1.2.4 Alkali-Silica Reaction -- 1.2.5 Freezing and Thawing -- 1.3 Deterioration Process of Concrete Structures -- 1.4 The Costs of Lack of Durability |
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1.5 Economical, Ecological and Social Impacts of Durability -- 1.6 Durability Design: The Classical Prescriptive Approach -- 1.6.1 Compressive Strength as Durability Indicator -- 1.6.2 Water/Cement Ratio as Durability Indicator -- 1.6.3 Cement Content as Durability Indicator -- 1.6.4 Cover Thickness as Durability Indicator -- 1.7 Durability Design: The Performance Approach -- 1.7.1 The "Durability Test" Question -- 1.7.2 Canadian Standards -- 1.7.3 Argentine and Spanish Codes -- 1.7.4 Japanese Architectural Code -- 1.7.5 Portuguese Standards -- 1.7.6 South African Standards |
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1.7.7 Swiss Standards -- 1.8 Concrete Permeability as "Durability Indicator" -- 1.9 Beyond 50 Years: Modelling -- References -- 2 Permeability as key concrete property -- 2.1 Foundations of Permeation Laws -- 2.2 Relation between Permeability and Pore Structure of Concrete -- 2.3 Permeability as Key Concrete Property -- 2.3.1 Permeability for Liquids' Containment -- 2.3.1.1 ACI Low Permeability Concrete -- 2.3.1.2 Dams -- 2.3.1.3 Pervious Concrete -- 2.3.1.4 Liquid Gas Containers -- 2.3.2 Permeability for Gas Containment -- 2.3.2.1 Evacuated Tunnels for High-Speed Trains |
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2.3.2.2 Underground Gas "Batteries" -- 2.3.3 Permeability for Radiation Containment -- 2.3.3.1 Radon Gas -- 2.3.3.2 Nuclear Waste Disposal Containers -- 2.4 Permeability and Durability -- References -- 3 Theory: concrete microstructure and transport of matter -- 3.1 Cement Hydration -- 3.1.1 Main Hydration Reactions and Resulting Changes -- 3.1.2 Hydrothermal Conditions for Hydration (Curing) -- 3.2 Microstructure of Hardened Concrete -- 3.2.1 Overview -- 3.2.2 Microstructure of Hardened Cement Paste -- 3.2.3 Interfacial Transition Zone -- 3.2.4 Pore Structure of Hardened Concrete |
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3.2.5 Binding -- 3.3 Water in the Pores of Hardened Concrete -- 3.4 Mechanisms of Transport of Matter through Concrete -- 3.4.1 Diffusion: Fick's Laws -- 3.4.2 Migration: Nernst-Planck Equation -- 3.5 Permeability -- 3.5.1 Laminar Flow of Newtonian Fluids. Hagen-Poiseuille Law -- 3.5.2 Water-Permeability: Darcy's Law -- 3.5.3 Permeation of Liquids through Cracks -- 3.5.4 Hagen-Poiseuille-Darcy Law for Gases -- 3.5.5 Relation between Permeability to Gases and Liquids -- 3.6 Knudsen and Molecular Gas Flow: Klinkenberg Effect -- 3.7 Capillary Suction and Water Vapour Diffusion |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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3.7.1 Capillary Suction: A Special Case of Water-Permeability |
| Subject |
Concrete -- Testing
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Concrete -- Permeability
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Concrete -- Permeability.
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Concrete -- Testing.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Neves, Rui D
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Imamoto, Kei-ichi
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| ISBN |
9780429012921 |
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0429012926 |
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