This book captures the state of the art of the durability of fibre-reinforced strain-hardening cement-based composites (SHCC) and the durability of structures or structural elements manufactured in full or in part with this class of modern construction materials. Highlights include:

• Reflection on durability performance of existing applications in patch repair, a water reservoir and highway bridges.

• Guidelines for tensile testing towards durability assessment of cracked SHCC.

• New crack pattern related ingress rate indices for water and chloride into cracked SHCC.

• The influence of low and high temperatures on SHCC durability performance.

• The mechanism of crack control reducing ASR and corrosion rate, and results on chloride-induced corrosion of embedded steel reinforcement.

• Self-healing of cracks in SHCC.

• A conceptual durability design framework for SHCC and R/SHCC structures andmembers.

Inhalt

Preface.- Chapter 1 Introduction: Crack Distribution and Durability of SHCC, by Gideon van Zijl, Billy Boshoff, Christian Wagner and Volker Slowik.- Chapter 2 Transfer of Fluids, Gases and Ions in and Through Cracked and Uncracked Composites, by Christian Wagner, Volker Slowik, Gideon van Zijl, Billy Boshoff, Suvash Paul, Viktor Mechtcherine and Koichi Kobayashi.- Chapter 3 Fibre Durability, by Flavio Silva, Alva Peled, Bartosz Zukowski and Romildo Toledo Filho.- Chapter 4 Chemical Processes, by Erik Schlangen, Gideon van Zijl and Petr Kabele.- Chapter 5 Influence of Low Temperatures, by Koichi Kobayashi and Folker Wittmann.- Chapter 6 Influence of Elevated Temperatures, by Flavio Silva, Barzin Mobasher, Alva Peled, Dimas Rambo and Romildo Toledo Filho.- Chapter 7 Abrasion, by Volker Slowik, Steffen Müller, Christian Wagner and Viktor Mechtcherine.- Chapter 8 Behaviour of Bonded SHCC Overlay Systems, by Volker Slowik, Mladena Lukovi, Christian Wagner and Gideon van Zijl.- Chapter 9Reinforcing Bar Corrosion, by Koichi Kobayashi, Suvash Paul and Gideon van Zijl.- Chapter 10 Durability and Service Life Design Concepts for Structures and (Non-)Structural Members made of or Strengthened/Repaired with SHCC, by Viktor Mechtcherine, Frank Altmann and Gideon van Zijl.