Computers and Concrete
Volume 8, Number 4, 2011, pages 389-399
DOI: 10.12989/cac.2011.8.4.389
Feasibility of utilizing oven-drying test to estimate the durability performance of concrete
How-Ji Chen, Chao-Wei Tang and Hsien-Sheng Peng
Abstract
The increasing concern for reinforced concrete structure durability has been justifying in many ways in the last few decades. However, there is no perfect durability test method till now. In this research an alternative method, which is based on the cumulative moisture loss percent of the concrete specimens after oven-drying, was proposed to estimate the durability performance of the concrete. Two temperatures were considered for the oven-drying tests: 100
Key Words
concrete; durability; drying.
Address
How-Ji Chen: Department of Civil Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chao-Wei Tang: Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Informatics, Cheng-Shiu University,
No. 840, Chengcing Road, Niaosong District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Hsien-Sheng Peng: Department of Civil Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, R.O.C.