Service Life Design for Infrastructure under Indonesian Environmental Exposure

Mochamad Hilmy, Herry Prabowo

2018

Abstract

Reinforced concrete material is the most common material used in construction. This is due to its high durability which makes concrete classified as one of the world building materials having the longest service life. On the other hand, many research studies claimed that the application of concrete also has many durability problems. This is even worse for extreme environments such as sea due to its high chloride ion concentration. Environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide concentration also have direct effects on the deterioration of concrete structures. Nowadays, the Indonesian Government builds much infrastructure which uses reinforced concrete as its main construction material. Concrete is chosen since its constituents are abundant in Indonesia. Deterioration mechanisms of concrete structures can be divided into the mechanism of concrete material deterioration and the mechanism of reinforcing bar corrosion. The corrosion of reinforcing bar is the most dangerous mechanism and the most difficult one to control. Chloride ions commonly coming from seawater become the main factor resulting in severe corrosion. This paper was aimed to give suggestions for several durability-related parameters such as cement type, water-cement ratio, concrete cover, etc. under Indonesian tropical climate

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hilmy M. and Prabowo H. (2018). Service Life Design for Infrastructure under Indonesian Environmental Exposure. In Proceedings of the Built Environment, Science and Technology International Conference - Volume 1: BEST ICON, ISBN 978-989-758-414-5, pages 133-138. DOI: 10.5220/0008904000002481

in Bibtex Style

@conference{best icon18,
author={Mochamad Hilmy and Herry Prabowo},
title={Service Life Design for Infrastructure under Indonesian Environmental Exposure},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Built Environment, Science and Technology International Conference - Volume 1: BEST ICON,},
year={2018},
pages={133-138},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008904000002481},
isbn={978-989-758-414-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the Built Environment, Science and Technology International Conference - Volume 1: BEST ICON,
TI - Service Life Design for Infrastructure under Indonesian Environmental Exposure
SN - 978-989-758-414-5
AU - Hilmy M.
AU - Prabowo H.
PY - 2018
SP - 133
EP - 138
DO - 10.5220/0008904000002481