Session
Civil Engineering, Infrastructure and Environment
Description
There is a continuous increase of quality on civil engineering materials in developed countries and parallel increase of need for new constructions in developing countries. Professional community should propose solutions for the durability that can resist in different severe environments. The most important factor that can affect concrete durability is represented by the pore distribution. Transport properties can take place through the porous network inside the cementitious composites and the aggregates interface, permitting the ingress of aggressive agents damaging concrete function intrinsically as a material and the well-functioning of the entire structure. The use of a crystalline admixture during the mixing procedure can fill the pores and capillarity of the cement composites, while in case of the appearance of the cracks, can perform as sealing agent, representing a secondary innovative benefit. Concrete structure, in this case will be more durable and there will be no need for un-planned intervention.
Keywords:
durability, self-sealing, concrete, crystalline additive
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-13-0
First Page
126
Last Page
134
Location
Durres, Albania
Start Date
7-11-2015 9:00 AM
End Date
7-11-2015 5:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2015.71
Recommended Citation
Krelani, Visar and Ferrara, Liberato, "Reducing the Porosity and Sealing Cracks by Using Crystalline Admixture in Conventional Concrete" (2015). UBT International Conference. 71.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2015/all-events/71
Included in
Reducing the Porosity and Sealing Cracks by Using Crystalline Admixture in Conventional Concrete
Durres, Albania
There is a continuous increase of quality on civil engineering materials in developed countries and parallel increase of need for new constructions in developing countries. Professional community should propose solutions for the durability that can resist in different severe environments. The most important factor that can affect concrete durability is represented by the pore distribution. Transport properties can take place through the porous network inside the cementitious composites and the aggregates interface, permitting the ingress of aggressive agents damaging concrete function intrinsically as a material and the well-functioning of the entire structure. The use of a crystalline admixture during the mixing procedure can fill the pores and capillarity of the cement composites, while in case of the appearance of the cracks, can perform as sealing agent, representing a secondary innovative benefit. Concrete structure, in this case will be more durable and there will be no need for un-planned intervention.