Damage to Concrete Structures (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415603881)

This book summarizes the state-of-the-art information on the degradation of concrete structures, and gives a clear and comprehensive overview of what can go wrong. Written as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students, the knowledge is presented in an easy-to-understand, pedagogical way. The book describes the different causes of damage to concrete, including inappropriate design, errors during execution, mechanisms occurring during hardening of concrete, and actions or degradation mechanisms during service life (hardened concrete). The degradation mechanisms are illustrated with numerous real-world examples and many drawings and photographs taken of actual structures.