Assessment of Site Condition of Concrete Structures and Evaluation of Repair and Rehabilitation
Introduction
ssessment of Site Condition of Concrete Structures and Evaluation of Repair and Rehabilitation
1. Concrete deterioration processes and damage to concrete structures
– Chemical and physical attack
– Fire damage
– Structural damage
– Cracking
– Construction defects
2. Design for concrete durability
– Mix design, constituent materials, service life modelling
3. Reinforcement corrosion
– Principles, mechanisms and influences
– Carbonation and chloride ingress
– Corrosion prevention in new structures
4. Condition assessment of concrete structures
– Planning and strategies for condition assessments
– On-site diagnostic testing
– Visual assessment methods
– Assessing structural capacity
– Non-destructive testing methods and interpretation of results
– Laboratory-based testing of samples
– Prediction of residual service life
– Case studies
5. Repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures
– Philosophies and strategies
– Repair methods, materials and systems
– Repair principles for corrosion damaged structures
– Concrete surface protection and coatings
– Bonded concrete overlays and patch repair
– Repair guidelines according to the Eurocode
– Service life extension
– Structural repairs and strengthening
6. Non-destructive testing of concrete structures
– Assessment of concrete compressive strength
– Concrete cover and rebar location
– Crack detection, void detection, honey comb detection
– Stiffness assessment
– Pile testing
7. Strengthening of concrete structures
– Principles and strategies
– Strengthening using steel plates
– Strengthening using FRP
Participants
Suitable for consulting engineers, Civil engineers, students and academics