1st Edition
Reinforced Concrete Natural Carbonation and Service Life Modeling
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Steel corrosion and service life
Chapter 3. The natural carbonation prediction (NCP) model and methodology
Chapter 4. Experimental justification of NCP model
Chapter 5. Validation of NCP model’s application to real - life concrete structures
Chapter 6. Probabilistic service life design and analysis
Biography
Stephen Ekolu is Professor of Civil Engineering and is rated among the World’s Top 2% Scientists across all disciplines (Standford University/Elsevier; https://topresearcherslist.com/). He was formerly the Head of Civil Engineering Department at Nelson Mandela University (NMU). Before joining NMU, he was Associate Professor of Concrete Materials and Structures, and the Head of School of Civil Engineering and the Built Environment at University of Johannesburg. Previously he was a senior lecturer at School of Civil Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand. He holds MSc (Eng) with distinction from University of Leeds, UK and PhD from University of Toronto, Canada. Prof. Ekolu is an NRF rated researcher and PrEng professionally registered engineer with extensive experience in the industry, academic teaching and research. In total, he has over 27 years of civil engineering experience with more than 20 years in academia following seven early career years of working in the industry.
Prof. Ekolu has published a combined number of over 240 peer reviewed journal papers, conference articles, books, research and technical reports. His teaching and research expertise focus is concrete materials and structures, and his concerted 12-year research on natural carbonation and service life prediction, culminated into development of the NCP model.
He is a reviewer (by invitation) for several leading international journals in the engineering field. He was Chair and Convenor of ICCMATS-1: International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures held on 24–6 November 2014 at Johannesburg, South Africa. He regularly provides consulting expertise and training in the industry.
