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Management of the diagnosis, specification and execution of concrete repairs for reliability

M. Phil. / Concrete is worldwide the most commonly used construction material and, although concrete is durable when exposed to aggressive conditions, it requires some maintenance. If this maintenance is neglected for a prolonged period of time, intrinsic and extrinsic factors will cause the concrete to degrade necessitating repair and rehabilitation. The correct diagnosis of the root cause of degradation, proper specification of repair materials and quality execution of the concrete repairs all contribute to the reliability of the repairs. The correct management of the repair process is necessary to ensure reliability in order for the structure to be returned to an acceptable state.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:7034
Date28 February 2011
CreatorsBester, Johannes Jacob
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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