EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON DURABILITY TESTS OF STANDARD CONCRETE

  • Unique Paper ID: 146424
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 12
  • PageNo: 540-545
  • Abstract:
  • concrete is the most necessary and widely used man- made construction material. It is got via mixing cement, aggregate and water. Often, chemical admixtures and mineral admixtures are used as supplementary materials. Concrete can deteriorate for a range of reasons, and concrete damage is frequently as end result of mixture of factors. This causes stresses in the concrete, which can eventually result in cracking, delamination, and spalling.” “Different concretes require different degrees of durability relying on the exposure of environment and the properties desired. Durable concrete will retain its unique form, quality and serviceability when exposed to its environment. The fundamental characteristics influencing the durability of concrete is its permeability to the ingress of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, chloride, sulphate and other deleterious substances. It grew to become essential to impart know-how about durability of concrete and factors affecting durability to the society, as the wide use of concrete as a material in the constructions.” “The philosophy of having access to durability involves the understanding that durability will be improved only when unambiguous measurements of appropriate cover concrete properties can be made. In this study use the different Exposure condition for the standard concrete of durability assessment.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 12
  • PageNo: 540-545

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON DURABILITY TESTS OF STANDARD CONCRETE

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