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Download or read book Actual Durability-related Properties of Concrete written by André Valente Monteiro and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is widely recognized that the long-term durability of reinforced concrete structures related to carbonation- and chloride-induced corrosion can be detrimentally affected by on-site placing and curing conditions of concrete. However, the effects of these conditions on concrete durability are still not fully understood, being usually overlooked in current performance-based specifications and control of concrete durability. In this work, the effects of realistic placing (including compaction) and curing conditions on the concrete durability-related properties most used in performance-based specifications are studied, such as the accelerated carbonation resistance, chloride migration coefficient (non-steady state conditions), water absorption and gas permeability (CEMBUREAU method). For that purpose, several concretes of different composition, with and without fly ash addition, were subjected to two main experimental programs. In the first program, the concretes were cured in the laboratory under several temperature regimes, ranging from 5 oC to 60 oC, and then tested at different ages, from 28 to 182 days, in order to evaluate the isolated effect of curing temperature on their durability-related properties. In the second program, several concrete elements (slabs, beams and columns) were cast outdoors, during the winter and summer, and subjected to different compaction (vibrated and not vibrated) and curing (demoulded after 24 h and 72 h) conditions. The durability-related properties of the inner and outermost concrete of the elements (actual properties) were then measured at different ages, from 28 to 364 days, and compared with those of standard specimens made of the same concrete (potential properties).