1st Edition
Concrete Repair to EN 1504 Diagnosis, Design, Principles and Practice
Introduction. Deterioration mechanisms. How to assess the status of a structure. Evaluation of current and future conditions of the structure. General procedures and materials for repair. Design principles and methods according to EN. Execution and Quality Control. Maintenance of Concrete Structures. Index.
Biography
Michael Raupach is chair of the Institute for Building Materials (ibac), Repair and Conservation of Buildings at RWTH Aachen University, and is actively engaged in diagnosis and design with the consulting engineers Raupach Bruns Wolff. He has been active as the German delegate in the preparation of the European Standard EN 1504, which is the actual basis for concrete repair works, not only in Europe but also in other countries. He has published more than 500 papers and made several contributions to books in corrosion, repair, and maintenance of buildings.
Till Büttner
was a research assistant at the Institute of Building Materials (ibac) and is now working at the construction company Eurovia Beton in Troisdorf, Germany, in the field of concrete repair. He wrote his PhD thesis on the lifetime prediction of polymer-modified glass reinforcement of concrete and is active in the field of on-site diagnosis, evaluation of the status of concrete structures, as well as developing concepts for the repair and maintenance of concrete structures."This book provides clear background information on the underlying intervention principles which are discussed in more and better detail than in EN 1504. .... The book offers essential background to EN 1504 for the repair of existing concrete structures and can be read and understood by a diverse group of people, ranging from professionals and technicians to those involved with the management of buildings and structures."
––Joost Gulikers, Rijkswaterstaat, GPO"... this book fulfills its goals to cover both theory and practice as well as to contain all the relevant information needed not only by owners, companies, contractors, engineers but also by students of civil engineering. All those using EN 1504 should not miss to take a look in this book." ––Materials and Corrosion, March 2016
