Publication year: 2021
ISBN: 9780367517601
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This book surveys deterioration of concrete, particularly corrosion of the steel reinforcement, and the various chemical, biological, physical and mechanical causes of deterioration. It outlines condition survey and diagnosis techniques by on-site and laboratory measurements. It sets out mechanical methods of protection and repair, such as patching, inhibitors, coatings, penetrants and structural strengthening as well as cathodic protection and other electrochemical methods.
Subject: Civil Engineering, Marine and Offshore Structures, Structural Engineering, Corrosion-Materials Science, Polymers & Plastics, Engineering & Technology, Materials Science, Reinforced concrete Corrosion