<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Even though natural phenomena do not abide to borders, Finland has traditionally been considered an alkali-silica reaction (ASR) free country. This is due to exceptional quality of the mostly course crystalline igneous rocks. However, during the last few years dozens of cases of ASR have been reported. The scope of this study was to study the occurrence of ASR, and to find out the initiation time of the reaction in resent investigations of Finnish concrete structures. ASR is found occurring all over Finland. The reacting aggregates consist of rock types, which are considered relatively stable or low reacting in literature.</p></abstract>

Even though natural phenomena do not abide to borders, Finland has traditionally been considered an alkali-silica reaction (ASR) free country. This is due to exceptional quality of the mostly course crystalline igneous rocks. However, during the last few years dozens of cases of ASR have been reported. The scope of this study was to study the occurrence of ASR, and to find out the initiation time of the reaction in resent investigations of Finnish concrete structures. ASR is found occurring all over Finland. The reacting aggregates consist of rock types, which are considered relatively stable or low reacting in literature.

Alkali-silica Reaction in Finnish Concrete Structures

Nordic Concrete Research

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Even though natural phenomena do not abide to borders, Finland has traditionally been considered an alkali-silica reaction (ASR) free country. This is due to...

Alkali-silica Reaction in Finnish Concrete Structures

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 31 - 44

Received: Mar 15, 2018

Accepted: Nov 28, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ncr-2018-0013

Keywords
concrete, alkali-silica reaction, initiation time

© 2018 Jukka Lahdensivu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Alkali-silica Reaction in Finnish Concrete Structures

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 31 - 44

Received: Mar 15, 2018

Accepted: Nov 28, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ncr-2018-0013

Keywordsconcrete, alkali-silica reaction, initiation time

© 2018 Jukka Lahdensivu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
concrete, alkali-silica reaction, initiation time