Recommendations of RILEM TC 182-PEB 'Performance testing and evaluation of bituminous materials': Stiffness testing for bituminous materials

Title: Recommendations of RILEM TC 182-PEB 'Performance testing and evaluation of bituminous materials':
Stiffness testing for bituminous materials
Author(s): RILEM TC 182-PEB
Paper category : journal
Serial title: Materials and Structures
Abreviated Serial title: Mater. Struct.
ISSN: 1359-5997
Publisher: RILEM Publications SARL
Volume: 34
Issue: 236
Issue date: 2001-03-01
Publication year: 2001
Pages: 66 - 70
Total Pages: 5
Nb references: 27
Language: English

Abstract: The paper expresses durability in terms of the expected conditions of exposure as well as of the specified or traditional service life of structure.
A brief review of deleterious actions is given.
Consideration of durability means how ensuring durability is viewed by designers,and not detailed advice or rules.
Thus,the paper reviews the past attitude,which relied on providing strong concrete,it being believed that durability was concomitant with strength.
Changes in the properties of cement,in that,with the ‘new ’cements,the same strength as specified heretofore could be achieved at a higher water-cement ratio resulted in structures with a distinctly reduced durability.
This led to a re-consideration of mix design procedures,so that both strength and durability are now explicity considered.
The futur approach has to rely on the use of a range of cementitious materials and admixtures and on a meticulous performance of all operations from batching to curing.

Online publication: 2001-01-15
Classification: RILEM Technical Committees
Publication type : full_text
Public price (Euros): 0.00
doi: 10.1617/13654