Watch this easy-to-understand explanation of what causes concrete spalling, from concrete expert Chris Sullivan.So we've done our evaluation and now we are ready to determine what caused the damage—this is often called troubleshooting. Start by thinking about the basic characteristics of concrete—...
The results of a recently finished research project have shown a great influence of the amount of polypropylene (PP) fibers on the spalling behavior of concrete under fire loading. Starting from the identification of the permeability as the parameter with the greatest influence on spalling, results...