Service life model for concrete structures in chloride laden environments

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-453

  Weyers, Richard E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chloride; Concrete bridges; Corrosion; Corrosion rate; Diffusion; Service life; Time to cracking

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SERVICE LIFE; STEEL CORROSION;

CORROSION RATE; TIME-TO-CRACKING;

CONCRETE BRIDGES;

EID: 0032118782     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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