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In-situ condition monitoring of reinforced concrete structures

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Performance of concrete structures is significantly influenced and governed by its durability and resistance to environmental or exposure conditions, apart from its physical strength. It can be monitored, evaluated and predicted through modeling of physical deterioration mechanisms, performance characteristics and parameters and condition monitoring of in situ concrete structures. One such study has been conducted using Non-destructive testing equipment in the city of Bhopal and around located in India. Some selected parameters influencing durability of reinforced concrete (RC) structures such as concrete cover, carbonation depth, chloride concentration, half cell potential and compressive strength have been measured, for establishing correlation among various parameters and age of structures. Effects of concrete cover and compressive strength over the variation of chloride content with time are also investigated.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Technocrats Institute of Technology, Anand Nagar Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Sanjeev Kumar Verma

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology, Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Airport Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Sudhir Singh Bhadauria & Saleem Akhtar

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Verma, S.K., Bhadauria, S.S. & Akhtar, S. In-situ condition monitoring of reinforced concrete structures. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. 10, 420–437 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-016-0336-z

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