High performance concrete cover - Why it is needed, and how to achieve it in practice

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 407-421

  Rostam, Steen ^a  

^a Consulting Engineers and Planners AS ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cover; Deterioration mechanisms; Service life design

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; CRACKS; CREEP; DETERIORATION; DURABILITY; SERVICE LIFE; SHRINKAGE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SURFACES; WATER;

AGGRESSIVE SUBSTANCES; CHLORIDE PENETRATION; CONCRETE PERMEABILITY; SULPHATE ACCUMULATION; THERMAL MOVEMENT; WATER CEMENT RATIO;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030193873     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-0618(96)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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