Concrete is an inherently complex material to produce and an even more complex material to repair. With growing pressure to maintain the built environment, and not simply to demolish and rebuild, the need to repair concrete buildings and other structures is increasing and is expected to become of greater importance in the future.
This straightforward book serves as a practical guide to engineers on the processes to be followed in commissioning a concrete repair. It stresses the need to fully understand the cause, extent and location of the problem, by appropriate insitu and laboratory testing. And it outlines the steps to a successful repair. It includes sections on the different repair techniques, giving good practical advice as to where and when to use them, and the warns of the pitfalls of their incorrect use. It also includes an up-to-date guide on the current standards for repair, and provides a good bibliography on other sources of information and books on the various techniques.
Understanding defects, testing and inspection
Michael G. Grantham
The petrographic examination of concrete and concrete repairs
Mike Eden
Structural aspects of repair
Jonathan G.M. Wood
Cathodic protection of structures
John P. Broomfield
Cathodic protection using thermal sprayed metals
John P. Broomfield
Service life aspects of cathodic protection of concrete structures
Rob B. Polder and Willy H.A. Peelen
Instrumentation and monitoring of structures
John P. Broomfield
Electrochemical chloride extraction
Ulrich Schneck
Electrochemical realkalisation
Michael G. Grantham
Corrosion inhibitors
Michael G. Grantham
European standards for concrete repair
Peter Robery
Concrete repair - a contractor’s perspective
John Drewett
Sprayed concrete for repairing concrete structures
Graham Taylor
Durability of concrete repairs
G.P. Tilly
Service-life modelling for chloride-induced corrosion
Rob B. Polder
Case studies in the use of FRPs
Paul Russell
Coatings for concrete
Shaun A. Hurley
Index
Biography
Michael Grantham is a Director of Concrete Solutions and a Consultant to Sandberg LLP.
