Performance of a 60-year-old concrete pier with stainless steel reinforcement

Materials Performance

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 50-55

  Castro Borges, Pedro ^a   De Rincón, Oladis Troconis ^b   Moreno, Eric I ^c   Torres Acosta, Andrés Antonio ^d   Martínez Madrid, Miguel ^d   Knudsen, Asger ^e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL TRANSPORTE   (Mexico)

^e RAMBØLL Bridge Maintenance and Concrete Technology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE PIERS; CONCRETE RESISTIVITY; STAINLESS STEEL REINFORCING BARS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

BARS (METAL); CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; INSPECTION; MARINE ENGINEERING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0037839353     PISSN: 00941492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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