Concrete Repair (eBook, ePUB)

A Practical Guide
Redaktion: Grantham, Michael G.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This straightforward book serves as a practical guide to engineers on the processes to be followed in commissioning a concrete repair. It stresses the need to fully understand the cause, extent, and location of the problem by appropriate in situ and laboratory testing, and outlines the steps to a successful repair. It includes sections on the different repair techniques, giving practical advice as to where and when to use them, and warns of the pitfalls of their incorrect use. It also includes an up-to-date guide on the current standards for repair and provides ample references to other sources of information.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134062751
• Artikelnr.: 38244450

Autorenporträt

Michael Grantham is a Director of Concrete Solutions and a Consultant to Sandberg LLP.

Inhaltsangabe

Understanding defects, testing and inspection. The petrographic examination
of concrete and concrete repairs. Structural aspects of repair. Cathodic
protection of structures. Cathodic protection using thermal sprayed metals.
Service life aspects of cathodic protection of concrete structures.
Instrumentation and monitoring of structures. Electrochemical chloride
extraction. Electrochemical realkalisation. Corrosion inhibitors. European
standards for concrete repair. Concrete repair - a contractor's
perspective. Sprayed concrete for repairing concrete structures. Durability
of concrete repairs. Service-life modelling for chloride-induced corrosion.
Case studies in the use of FRPs. Coatings for concrete. Index.