This book captures the state of the art of the durability of fibre-reinforced strain-hardening cement-based composites (SHCC) and the durability of structures or structural elements manufactured in full or in part with this class of modern construction materials. Highlights include:
- Reflection on durability performance of existing applications in patch repair, a water reservoir and highway bridges.
- Guidelines for tensile testing towards durability assessment of cracked SHCC.
- New crack pattern related ingress rate indices for water and chloride into cracked SHCC.
- The influence of low and high temperatures on SHCC durability performance.
- The mechanism of crack control reducing ASR and corrosion rate, and results on chloride-induced corrosion of embedded steel reinforcement.
- Self-healing of cracks in SHCC.
- A conceptual durability design framework for SHCC and R/SHCC structures and members.
Preface.
Chapter 1 Introduction: Crack Distribution and Durability of
SHCC, by Gideon van Zijl, Billy Boshoff, Christian Wagner and Volker Slowik.-
Chapter 2 Transfer of Fluids, Gases and Ions in and Through Cracked and
Uncracked Composites, by Christian Wagner, Volker Slowik, Gideon van Zijl,
Billy Boshoff, Suvash Paul, Viktor Mechtcherine and Koichi Kobayashi.-
Chapter 3 Fibre Durability, by Flavio Silva, Alva Peled, Bartosz Zukowski and
Romildo Toledo Filho.
Chapter 4 Chemical Processes, by Erik Schlangen,
Gideon van Zijl and Petr Kabele.
Chapter 5 Influence of Low Temperatures, by
Koichi Kobayashi and Folker Wittmann.
Chapter 6 Influence of Elevated
Temperatures, by Flavio Silva, Barzin Mobasher, Alva Peled, Dimas Rambo and
Romildo Toledo Filho.
Chapter 7 Abrasion, by Volker Slowik, Steffen Müller,
Christian Wagner and Viktor Mechtcherine.
Chapter 8 Behaviour of Bonded SHCC
Overlay Systems, by Volker Slowik, Mladena Lukovi, Christian Wagner and
Gideon van Zijl.
Chapter 9Reinforcing Bar Corrosion, by Koichi Kobayashi,
Suvash Paul and Gideon van Zijl.
Chapter 10 Durability and Service Life
Design Concepts for Structures and (Non-)Structural Members made of or
Strengthened/Repaired with SHCC, by Viktor Mechtcherine, Frank Altmann and
Gideon van Zijl.