1st Edition

Concrete in Extreme Environments

256 Pages

by Whittles Publishing

Description

Contemporary events have shown that buildings designed to modern day codes need to be able to resist accidental extreme actions such as impact, explosions, weather, chemical and seismic events. This is one of the reasons for the present reviewing of the Eurocodes used to design concrete structures. The definition of the use of concrete used in extreme environments is difficult, but extreme events... Read more

1. Recognising extreme environments

D. Wimpenny

2. Extreme response of reinforced concrete framed buildings using static and dynamic procedures for progressive collapse analysis

E. Brunesi, G. Faga and D. Cicola

3. Use of calcium aluminate cements in H2S biogenic environment

François Saucier, Jean Herisson and Dominique Guinot

4. High cycle fatigue of concrete structures, in harsh environments; design and monitoring

M. K. Hovgaard

5. Validation of models for prediction of chloride ingress in concrete exposed in de-icing salt road environment

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6. Evolution of corrosion parameters in a buried pilot nuclear waste container in el Cabril

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