Protection and repair of concrete structures as an important contribution to sustainability
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Ioannis Retzepis
(KREBS+KIEFER Ingenieure GmbH, Karlsruhe, GERMANY)
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 September 2021 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Ghent 2021 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 183-190 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/ghent.2021.0183 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Effective protection strategies and repair methods of concrete structures guarantee their serviceability and durability for a long period of time. However, the choice of the “right” materials, according to the code-family EN 1504, does not generally ensure the success of the application. It is the choice of the right system of materials as well as the application rules and quality control which guarantee this success. To achieve this, additional regulations have been introduced in Germany in the past. However, this procedure has been declared illegal according to the decision of the European Court of Justice, so a new way had to be found. This new way is based on the specific requirements for protection and repair of each individual structure and shifts the responsibility to the design engineer. |
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| Keywords: |
concrete bridges sustainability protection retrofitting
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| Copyright: | © 2021 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) | ||||
| License: | This creative work is copyrighted material and may not be used without explicit approval by the author and/or copyright owner. |
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