Sulfate attack on concrete: Effect of partial immersion

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 572-579

  Hartell, Julie Ann ^a   Boyd, Andrew J ^a   Ferraro, Christopher C ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete durability; Mechanical properties; Physical properties.; Sulfates

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE DURABILITY; CYLINDRICAL SPECIMENS; DEGRADATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; FIELD EXPOSURE; MECHANICAL TESTS; SALT CRYSTALLIZATION; SLENDER BAR; SULFATE ATTACK; SULFATE SOLUTIONS; SULFATES; TENSILE LOADS; TEST METHOD;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

SODIUM SULFATE;

CONCRETE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DURABILITY; LOADING TEST; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SALT; SOLUTION; SULFATE;

EID: 79955788958     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000208     Document Type: Article

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