Ice Damage to Concrete

Abstract

Concrete is a porous material. When saturated with water and then cooled to below 0 deg C, it cracks internally. Upon repeated freezing and thawing, the cracks grow, interact, and lead eventually to macroscopic degradation, termed ice damage. This report reviews the phenomenon and considers the underlying mechanisms. New explanations are given for the deleterious effect of deicer salts and for the beneficial effect of entrained air.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA351076

Entities

People

  • Erland M. Schulson

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Diffraction
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Fusion
  • Latent Heat
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Neutron Diffraction
  • Phase Transformations
  • Scattering
  • Thermodynamics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies