1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911095777303321

Autore

Gjørv Odd E.

Titolo

Durability design of concrete structures in severe environments / / Odd E. Gjorv

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-04-005620-2

0-429-07355-0

1-5231-0719-7

1-4665-8730-X

9780429073557

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Classificazione

TEC005000TEC063000

Disciplina

624.1/834

624.1834

Soggetti

Concrete construction

Concrete - Corrosion

Seawater corrosion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1: Historical review; Chapter 2: Field experience; Chapter 3: Corrosion of embedded steel; Chapter 4: Durability analysis; Chapter 5: Additional strategies and protective measures; Chapter 6: Concrete quality control and quality assurance; Chapter 7: Achieved construction quality; Chapter 8: Condition assessment, preventive maintenance, and repairs; Chapter 9: Practical applications; Chapter 10: Life cycle costs; Chapter 11: Life cycle assessment; Chapter 12: Codes and practice; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Preface : Concrete structures in severe environments include a variety of structures in various types of environment. Although several deteriorating processes such as alkali-aggregate reactions, freezing and thawing, and chemical attack still represent severe challenges and problems to many important concrete structures, rapid development in



concrete technology in recent years has made it easier to control such deteriorating processes. For concrete structures in severe environments, the applied concrete is normally so dense that concrete carbonation does not represent any practical problem. For concrete structures in chloride-containing environments, however, chloride ingress and premature corrosion of embedded steel still appear to be a most difficult and severe challenge to the durability and performance of many important concrete infrastructures. In recent years, there has also been a rapid increase in the use of de-icing salt and rapid development of concrete structures in marine environments. In order to obtain an increased and better control of chloride ingress and corrosion of embedded steel, improved procedures and specifications for proper combinations of concrete quality and concrete cover are very important. Upon completion of new concrete structures, however, the achieved construction quality typically shows high scatter and variability, and in severe environments, any weaknesses and deficiencies will soon be revealed, whatever durability specifications and materials have been applied. Therefore, improved procedures for quality control and quality assurance during concrete construction are also very important--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911141742403321

Autore

Swirski Peter <1966->

Titolo

Ars Americana, ars politica : partisan expression in contemporary American literature and culture / / Peter Swirski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-7735-8059-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/35873

Soggetti

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Politics in literature

Authors, American - 20th century - Political and social views

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1960s: The return of the Black Panther: Irving Wallace's The man -- 1970s: The life and death of Walter Bodmor Nixon: Richard Condon's Death of a politician -- 1980s: The whores r us: P.J. O'Rourke's Parliament of whores -- 1990s: That dirty word, socialism: Warren Beatty's Bulworth -- 2000s: Truth or dare? Michael Moore's Stupid white men ... and other sorry excuses for the state of the nation! -- Conclusion: political art, American art.

Sommario/riassunto

A penetrating look at modern American politics and the partisan culture that feeds off its turmoil.