Reflections on future needs in concrete durability research and development
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2012-02-03
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Ballim, Y.
Alexander, M.G.
Beushausen, H.D
Moyo, P.
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Abstract
There is no doubt that, over the past two decades, we have made enormous advances in the understanding and practice of concrete durability. Spurred by the often experienced early deterioration of reinforced concrete structures, with high capital investment for repair and rehabilitation, conceptions of design for durability have gained an increasingly higher level of importance in recent years.
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It is not difficult to recognise or to acknowledge the significant changes that have taken place in the field of concrete durability over the last 25 years.