Performance Based Durability Specifications

This paper describes how worldwide efforts are being made to develop durability design approaches in order to ensure a longer life for reinforced concrete (RC) structures at the lowest cost. With the increasing use of complex concrete mixtures incorporating hydraulic and pozzolanic materials, a performance based approach seems particularly relevant for durability issues. Such an approach has been developed in France within the framework of an AFGC Working Group. It is based on key material properties called durability indicators (DI), on the specification of appropriate performance based criteria, and on the use of predictive models. The purpose of this approach is to design concrete mixtures capable of protecting RC structures against a given degradation, such as reinforcement corrosion or alkali-silica reactivity (ASR), for a target lifetime in given environmental conditions.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  National Concrete Bridge Council

  Portland Cement Association, 5420 Old Orchard Road
  Skokie, IL  United States  60077-1083
• Authors:
  • Baroghel-Bouny, Véronique
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: 1p
• Monograph Title: HPC Bridge Views
• Serial:
  • HPC Bridge Views
  • Issue Number: Issues 1-38
  • Publisher: National Concrete Bridge Council
  • Serial URL: http://www.hpcbridgeviews.org

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Admixtures; Alkali silica reactions; Degradation failures; Durability; Performance based specifications; Reinforced concrete; Reinforced concrete bridges; Service life; Specifications
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01111218
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 24 2008 10:39AM