Water repellent surface impregnation for extension of service life of reinforced concrete structures in marine environments: The role of cracks

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-109

  Dai, Jian Guo ^a   Akira, Y ^b   Wittmann, F H ^c   Yokota, H ^b   Zhang, Peng ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c QINGDAO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chloride penetration; Concrete; Crack; Long term effectiveness; Marine environment; Surface impregnation

Indexed keywords

BARRIER SURFACES; BEFORE AND AFTER; CHLORIDE PENETRATION; CONCRETE COVER; CONCRETE CRACKS; CONCRETE CYLINDERS; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; CRACK FORMATION; DRY/WET CYCLES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE EXPOSURE; MARINE STRUCTURES; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PENETRATION DEPTH; PORE BLOCKER; REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES; SODIUM SILICATE; STEEL REINFORCEMENTS; SURFACE CRACKS; SURFACE IMPREGNATION; TIME-DEPENDENT; WATER REDUCERS; WATER REPELLENT SURFACES; WATER REPELLENTS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; IMPREGNATION; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PRISMS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; SEAWATER; SILANES; SILICATES; SODIUM; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER ABSORPTION; WATERPROOFING;

CRACKS;

EID: 72949123724     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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