THE ADVANTAGES OF USING SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES IN AN AGGRESSIVE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Eng. Ciinoiu Marian; Eng. Gramescu Ana Maria

Volume : VI, Issue : II, February - 2016

THE ADVANTAGES OF USING SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES IN AN AGGRESSIVE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Eng. Ciinoiu Marian, Eng. Gramescu Ana Maria

Abstract :

Achieving sustainable constructions, durable, exploited in aggressive chemical environments, in the marine environment, involves the development of materials capable of having appropriate behavior based on a thorough knowledge. The durability of the utilized concrete in structural elements exploited in the marine environment can be improved by monitoring and influencing variation of strength and also of mass variations of the concrete. In this paper, the authors develop research results through a comparative analysis of samples tested in two different environments, in distilled water and in sea water taken from the Black Sea. The authors monitored the variation of strength and mass concrete in the two environments at different ages. Based on these results the authors present the advantages of using self–compacting concrete in the reinforced concret structure located in the area of marine aggressiveness.