CONCRETE DURABILITY & REINFORCEMENT CORROSION LAB.

Area of Specialization:

     Concrete Durability

Floor Space (sq.m):

         180

Location:

     Bus Stop Parking - Bldg. 1

Year Established:

         1984

Objectives:

To carry out the research related with Senior Projects, M.Sc. theses and Ph.D. dissertation.  Data collection for funded/faculty projects on

·        corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete

·        sulphate & chloride attack on concrete

·        alkali-silica reactivity

·        repair of concrete

·        other concrete durability problems

Major Equipment:

·        Compression testing machine

·        Flexural testing machine

·        Special compression testing machine Auto-200 for small size specimens

·        Pore water extraction equipment

·        Data logger & accessories for potential recording

·        Permeability apparatus

·        Heat of hydration apparatus

·        Arrangement for monitoring & controlling of pH values

·        Pulse velocity

·        Absorption

·        Resistivity

Major Projects:

·    New cement specifications for durable concrete in Saudi Arabia

·  An investigation of effect of admixtures and other special techniques on durability of concrete in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

·  An investigation on durability problems of concrete construction in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

·   Diagnostic evaluation & repair of deteriorated concrete structures in Saudi

     Arabia