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Evaluation of repair systems - Basic principles

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Summary, in English

When decision on repair has been taken the available repair systems/methods must be evaluated with regard to the immediate requirements. For each type and cause of damage, there are normally only a few possible repair systems. These repair systems should be evaluated with regard to following 5 basic properties, or characteristics: 1) service life/durability, 2) structural stability/safety, 3) execution of work, 4) environmental effects, 5) economy/cost. Besides, factors of non-technical nature, such as disturbances of different kind during repair work, might have to be considered in the evaluation. It is desirable that the evaluation leads to quantitative results. It has however been realised that a quantitative assessment often is impossible to make due to lack of knowledge regarding underlying physical phenomenon and material properties. Hence, three different levels of evaluation have been suggested: 1) "Approved solution", 2) "Qualitative evaluation" and 3) "Quantitative evaluation".

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

217-218

Publication/Series

Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting - Proceedings of the International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting, ICCRRR 2005

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Materials Engineering

Keywords

  • Basic principles
  • Basic properties
  • Material property
  • Physical phenomena
  • Qualitative evaluations
  • Quantitative assessments
  • Quantitative evaluation
  • Quantitative result
  • Repair system
  • Repair works
  • Structural stabilities

Conference name

1st International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting, ICCRRR 2005

Conference date

2005-11-21 - 2005-11-23

Conference place

Cape Town, South Africa

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9780415396547