Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1 - Background
1.2 - Scope
1.3 - Document use
Chapter 2 - Environment, design, and construction considerations
2.1 - Introduction
2.2 - Environmental considerations
2.3 - Design and structural loading considerations
2.4 - Interaction of structural load and environmental effects
2.5 - Construction-related considerations
Chapter 3 - In-service inspection, condition assessment, and remaining service life
3.1 - Introduction
3.2 - Evaluation of reinforced concrete aging or degradation effects
3.2 - Condition, structural, and service-life assessments
3.4 - Inspection and maintenance
Chapter 4 - Methods for predicting the service life of concrete
4.1 - Introduction
4.2 - Approaches for predicting service life of new concrete
4.3 - Prediction of remaining service life
4.4 - Predictions based on extrapolations
4.5 - Summary
Chapter 5 - Economic considerations
5.1 - Introduction
5.2 - Economic analysis methods
5.3 - Economic issues involving service life of concrete structures
Chapter 6 - Examples of service-life techniques
6.1 - Example I - Relationship of amount of steel corrosion to time of concrete spalling
6.2 - Example II - Comparison of competing degradation mechanisms to calculate remaining life
6.3 - Example III - Utilization of multiple input to calculate the life of a structure
6.4 - Example IV - When to repair, when to rehabilitate
6.5 - Example V - Utilization of reaction rate to calculate the life of a sewer pipe
6.6 - Example VI - Estimating service life and maintenance demands of a diaphram wall exposed to saline groundwater
6.7 - Example VII - Application of time-dependent reliability concepts to a concrete slab and low-rise shear wall
Chapter 7 - Ongoing work and needed developments
7.1 - Introduction
7.2 - Designing for durability
Chapter 8 - References
8.1 - Referenced standards and reports
8.2 - Cited References