Seminar - Grahame Vile - A Review of Deterioration of Reinforced Concrete

Wednesday, August 29, 2001, 1.10 - 1.40 pm
Civil Engineering Lecture Room 3

Abstract

Major mechanisms of concrete deterioration and reinforcement corrosion are discussed, and factors influencing these mechanisms are identified. The mechanisms discussed for concrete include sulphate attack, alkali reacitvity, and acid attack. The mechanisms of reinforcement corrosion are reviewed, with the effects of choride attack and carbonation discussed