The specifics are below:
| Class: CEE.G1.09.1 | Durability of Reinforced Concrete | |||
| Discipline: | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Student Level: | First Year Graduate |
| Sex: | Male |
| Native speaker status: | NS |
| Paper type: | Report |
| Paper contains following features: | |
| Word count: | 3374 |
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Body (introduction):
Durability with regards to concrete was defined by the American Concrete Institute’s (ACI) committee 201 in 1962 to be resistance to deteriorating influences which may through inadvertence or ignorance reside in the concrete itself, or which are inherent in the environment to which it is exposed.(Woods, 1968) Reinforced concrete is considered to be a very durable building material. In general, designers in the United States do not have to worry about taking extra steps to design for durability if their structures meet requirements outlined in building codes. In fact, most well designed structures will have no durability issues during their lifetimes. In fact, some concrete structures such as Pantheon in Rome still exist from the ancient era. However, occasionally there are circumstances in which extreme environments or special circumstances require thinking about, considering, and designing for the durability of reinforced concrete structures.
This paper will discuss four topics regarding the durability of reinforced concrete. The first section will discuss three common causes of durability issues in reinforced concrete: rebar corrosion, sulfate attack, and concrete cracking. The second section of this paper will outline ACI code provisions which set durability requirements. Following this the paper will explore measures that can be taken to improve the durability of structures that are to be built in extreme environments. Finally, this paper will briefly discuss durability based design, a new method being proposed to help designers achieve better durability results for their structures [...]
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