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List of contents
Introduction. Deterioration mechanisms. How to assess the status of a structure. Evaluation of current and future conditions of the structure. General procedures and materials for repair. Design principles and methods according to EN. Execution and Quality Control. Maintenance of Concrete Structures. Index.
About the author
Michael Raupach is chair of the Institute for Building Materials (ibac), Repair and Conservation of Buildings at RWTH Aachen University, and is actively engaged in diagnosis and design with the consulting engineers Raupach Bruns Wolff. He has been active as the German delegate in the preparation of the European Standard EN 1504, which is the actual basis for concrete repair works, not only in Europe but also in other countries. He has published more than 500 papers and made several contributions to books in corrosion, repair, and maintenance of buildings.
Till Büttner
was a research assistant at the Institute of Building Materials (ibac) and is now working at the construction company Eurovia Beton in Troisdorf, Germany, in the field of concrete repair. He wrote his PhD thesis on the lifetime prediction of polymer-modified glass reinforcement of concrete and is active in the field of on-site diagnosis, evaluation of the status of concrete structures, as well as developing concepts for the repair and maintenance of concrete structures.
Summary
This book is based on the new European Standard EN 1504, the current basis for concrete repair works. It provides a systematic and thorough approach—from the principles, to each of the main methods of repair and protection of concrete structures, through to the selection of suitable products and quality control. The text comprehensively presents
