Benefits of internal curing on service life and life-cycle cost of high-performance concrete bridge decks - A case study

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 339-350

  Cusson, D ^a   Lounis, Z ^a   Daigle, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bridge deck; High performance concrete; Internal curing; Life cycle cost; Service life

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CHLORIDE DIFFUSION; DESIGN OPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; INDUCED DAMAGE; INTERNAL CURING; LIFE-CYCLE COST; LIFECYCLE COSTS; LOW PERMEABILITY; MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY; NORMAL CONCRETES; RATE OF PENETRATION; SHRINKAGE CRACKING; SUPPLEMENTARY CEMENTING MATERIALS; UNIT COST;

BRIDGE DECKS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CORROSION; COSTS; CURING; OCEAN STRUCTURES; SERVICE LIFE;

BRIDGES;

EID: 77950300019     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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