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Book SynopsisContemporary events have shown that buildings designed to modern day codes need to be able to resist accidental extreme actions such as impact, explosions, weather, chemical and seismic events. This is one of the reasons for the present reviewing of the Eurocodes used to design concrete structures. The definition of the use of concrete used in extreme environments is difficult, but extreme events are usually defined as those rare events which occur at the extreme ends of the statistical distribution in a particular situation. Often the clients who order the concrete structures are unable to determine the extremes of environments the concrete will encounter and rely on the designers and construction companies to be able to predict the service conditions.
Trade Review`there are many books that examine the behaviour of concrete in adverse environment...but this takes concrete to another level... the chapters describe actual experiences in these unusual environments. ...this is a reassuring book that shows that concrete can be designed to deal with some of the most severe, extreme environments from around the world'. Concrete -------------------- 'To help increase access to a range of experiences, the chapters in the book have covered areas such as recognizing severe environments, construction materials failures with concrete in extreme environments, high cycle fatigue of concrete structures in harsh environments both in design and monitoring... ...will provide a valuable tool for practising engineers...' Concrete Plant + Precast Technology------------------‘…a variety of authors describe their experience in using concrete in such environments as concrete dams, sewer networks, heavily-salted roadways, nuclear waste containers, and offshore wind-turbine towers…Survival depends upon…having a deep understanding of these forces both in the lab and in service’. Concrete Construction
Table of Contents1. Recognising extreme environments D. Wimpenny 2. Extreme response of reinforced concrete framed buildings using static and dynamic procedures for progressive collapse analysis E. Brunesi, G. Faga and D. Cicola 3. Use of calcium aluminate cements in H2S biogenic environment François Saucier, Jean Herisson and Dominique Guinot 4. High cycle fatigue of concrete structures, in harsh environments; design and monitoring M. K. Hovgaard 5. Validation of models for prediction of chloride ingress in concrete exposed in de-icing salt road environment Luping Tang 6. Evolution of corrosion parameters in a buried pilot nuclear waste container in el Cabril C. Andradea et al. 7. Reactions of cements in geothermal wells Neil B. Milestone
