Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Betonun Dayanıklılığı
	English	Durability of Concrete
Course Code	INS 319E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	5	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Özgür Ekincioğlu
Course Objectives		1.Durability concept 2.Durability-based design 3.Reinforced concrete structures maintenance
Course Description		Pore structure of concrete, interaction between pores and water, transport mechanisms. Environmental exposure classes, assesment of chemical attacks and pyhsical attacks on concrete. Freeze-thaw resistance of concrete, cracking, deicing agents, minimum requirements. Mechanisms of corrosion, corrosion protection, influencing parameters, minimum requirements for concrete to resist carbonation-induced corrosion. Chemical attack on concrete, sulphate attack, acid attack, alkali attack, minimum requirements. Weathering and discoloring, lime efflorescence, biological growth. Durability performance tests. Methods of durability design. Maintenance of concrete structures
Course Outcomes		Student, who passed the course satisfactorily can: I. Concrete pore structure and transport mechanisms II. Environmental exposure classes, chemical and physical attacks on concrete III. Freeze-thaw resistance of concrete IV. . Deicing agents, crack formation V. Corrosion, its mechanism and corrosion protection methods VI. Acid, sulphate and alkali attacks VII. Weathering, lime efforescence VIII. Durability concept IX. Durability-based design X. Reinforced concrete structures maintenance.
Pre-requisite(s)		INS 222 MIN DD veya INS 222E MIN DD
Required Facilities		-
Other		-
Textbook		S. Mindess and J.F. Young, Concrete, Prentice-Hall, 1981 C.L. Page and M.M. Page, 2007, Durability of Concrete and Cement Composites, E&FN Spon.
Other References		CEB, Durable Concrete Structures, Thomas Telford, London, 1992. A Concrete Society Discussion Document: Developments in Durability Design and PerformanceBased Specification of Concrete, Concrete Society, London, 1998. The Institution of Civil Engineering: Improvement of Concrete Durability, Thomas Telford, London, 1992

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