DETERIORATION OF CONCRETE OR INADEQUATE CATATTERISTICS?

WHAT WE REALLY KNOW, AND WHAT WE THINK TO KNOW, IN A WORLD FULL OF TECHNOLOGY, WHY WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SAY THAT A STRUCTURE IS NOT CAPABLE TO DO HIS JOB ANYMORE?

IS THE CONCRETE OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CALL HOMOGENEOUS?

PERFECT ADHERENCE

• Is the adherence between steel rebars and concrete of an existing building something that we can really call “PERFECT”?

STEEL REBARS AND CONCRETE, MANY YEARS AFTER THEIR FIRST KISS, ARE STILL A GOOD COUPLE ?

ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND THAT AFTER YEARS, CONCRETE DEGRADE, STEEL DEGRADE, ADHERENCE CAN DEGRADE, BUT THE LOADS WHICH SUBJECT YOUR STRUCTURE HAVE MORE PROBABILITY TO BE HIGHEST

ENG. ALESSIO VERDE