Estimating the service life of epoxy-coated reinforcing steel

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 546-557

  Weyers, Richard E ^a   Pyc, Wioleta ^a   Sprinkel, Michael M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coating debondment; Corrosion mechanism; Corrosion protection; Cost effectiveness; Epoxy coated reinforcing

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; CONCRETES; CORROSION PROTECTION; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); PROTECTIVE COATINGS;

CHLORIDE CORROSION THRESHOLD LIMIT; EPOXY COATED REINFORCING STEEL; EPOXY DEBONDMENT; FAILURE MODE;

STEEL;

EID: 0032155321     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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