Durapgulf, a local service life model for the durability of concrete structures in the south of Iran

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1 B, 2008, Pages 77-88

  Shekarchi, Mohammad ^a   Ghods, Pouria ^b   Alizadeh, Rouhollah ^c   Chini, Mahdi ^d   Hoseini, Meghdad ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chloride diffusion; Corrosion; Durability; Modeling; Service life design

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049105418     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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