Effect of curing conditions on the service life design of RC structures in the Persian Gulf region

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-8

  Alizadeh, Rouhollah ^a   Ghods, P ^b   Chini, Mahdi ^c   Hoseini, M ^d   Ghalibafian, M ^a   Shekarchi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chlorides; Coastal environment; Computer models; Concrete structures; Corrosion; Durability; Middle East

Indexed keywords

CORROSIVE EFFECTS; CURING; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DURABILITY; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; SERVICE LIFE;

MIXTURE PROPORTIONS; SERVICE LIFE DESIGN; SURFACE CHLORIDE CONTENT;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

CHLORIDE; CORROSION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; SEAWATER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 37549009930     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2008)20:1(2)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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