Iris Publishers - Modern Concepts in Material Science (MCMS)
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by Ahmed I Hassanin
Due to population growth and development of
industry and transportation, the environment of human is started to become
considerably polluted. Aggressive atmosphere and ground water increase the risk
of corrosion of embedded reinforcement in concrete. The addition of
waterproofing materials on concrete surface to minimize the amount of water and
air that reaches the steel reinforcements through cracks. But waterproof
materials are often expensive and need maintenance several times over the structure’s
lifetime. The situation is more dangerous for pre-stressing tendons in
pre-stressed bridges, deterioration of highway concrete bridges due to tendon
corrosion has been large problem in many countries. Structural engineers
dealing with durability of concrete greatly concern about possibilities to
improve service life of embedded reinforcements.

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