Steel corrosion and service life of reinforced concrete structures

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-137

  Bertolini, Luca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbonation; Chloride; Corrosion initiation; Corrosion propagation; Reinforced concrete; Service life

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SERVICE LIFE; STEEL CORROSION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CORROSION INITIATION; CORROSION PROPAGATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 39749186107     PISSN: 15732479     EISSN: 17448980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15732470601155490     Document Type: Article

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