Durability of concrete under arctic offshore conditions

• Main Authors: Kivekäs, Lauri, Leivo, Markku
• Other Authors: Scanlon, John M.
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Concrete Institute 1987
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: https://cris.vtt.fi/en/publications/fe173dc4-588d-4608-a284-a166124fb9d9; https://www.concrete.org/publications/internationalconcreteabstractsportal.aspx?m=details&id=3728

Concrete is a suitable material for arctic offshore oil and gas drilling and for production platforms. In the splash and tidal zone of these structures concrete is subjected to severe frost-salt attack, chemical attack of sea water, and ice abrasion. In the test series, a method for accelerated testing of arctic freeze-thaw durability in sea water was developed. High-strength air-entrained superplasticized concretes made with blended cement were tested. The test was found to be very severe.