LONG-TIME DURABILITY OF CONCRETE IN SEAWATER

DURING THE PAST 25 TO 30 YEARS, MORE THAN 2500 CONCRETE TEST SPECIMENS WERE EXPOSED TO SEAWATER AT A TEST STATION NEAR TRONDHEIM HARBOR, NORWAY. RESULTS FROM SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT LONG-TIME SERIES ARE PRESENTED. THE EFFECTS OF 18 DIFFERENT KINDS OF CEMENT; ADDITION OF TRASS, PRECURING, CEMENT CONTENT, WATER-CEMENT RATIO, AND SEAWATER VERSUS FRESH WATER AS MIXING WATER HAVE BEEN EXAMINED. THE BEHAVIOR OF THE CONCRETE WAS STUDIED BY FOLLOWING THE CHANGES OF FLEXURAL AND COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS. THE RESULTS ARE DISCUSSED AND INTERPRETED ON THE BASIS OF CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND PETROGRAPHIC EXAMINATION. /ACIJP/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 1, Proc VOL 68, PP 60-67, 5 FIG 4 TAB,1 REF
• Authors:
  • Gjorv, O E
• Publication Date: 1971-1

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Am Concrete Inst Journal & Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cement; Cement content; Chemical analysis; Compressive strength; Concrete; Durability; Flexural strength; Geological surveying; Petrography; Seawater; Specimens; Water cement ratio
• Old TRIS Terms: Petrographic investigations
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00213870
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 1971 12:00AM