Experience of using 100 years service life design specification for motorway project in Australia

Title: Experience of using 100 years service life design specification for motorway project in Australia
Author(s): B.A. Sabaa, R. Sri Ravindrarajah
Paper category : conference
Book title: 2nd International Symposium on Service Life Design for Infrastructures
Editor(s): K. van Breugel, Guang Ye, Yong Yuan
Print-ISBN: 978-2-35158-096-7
e-ISBN: 978-2-35158-097-4
Publisher: RILEM Publications SARL
Publication year: 2010
Pages: 493 - 499
Total Pages: 7
Nb references: 3
Language: English

Abstract: This paper presents a review of Scope of Works and Technical Criteria (SWTC) documents for infrastructure motorway project in New South Wales, Australia and approaches adopted to provide the durability of motorway concrete structures that meet 100 years design life. The paper provides an assessment of the exposure environment, and shows how appropriate designs are achieved by use of field data in the prediction of progress of carbonation. Economical designs that provide the required design life without the need for expensive repairs are achieved provided the parameters used in the prediction models are comparable to field data in the project environment.

Online publication: 2011-04-20
Publication type : full_text
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