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Cover Picture: Structural Concrete 3/2014
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
structural concrete
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1751-7648
pISSN - 1464-4177
DOI - 10.1002/suco.201490012
Subject(s) - waterproofing , durability , concrete cover , bridge (graph theory) , deck , bridge deck , jury , forensic engineering , service life , engineering , structural engineering , reinforcement , civil engineering , law , materials science , composite material , political science , medicine , mechanical engineering
The cover picture shows the Egg‐Graben Bridge which was a winning structure in the 2014 competition for the fib Awards for Outstanding Concrete Structures. In the words of the jury “The jury highly appreciated the consistent application of durability philosophy. The bridge deck is intended to have a long service life with very low maintenance costs because the bridge deck is constructed exclusively with encapsulated post‐tensioned reinforcement and watertight anchorages. No other reinforcement is used. Therefore, the electrolytic corrosion in the deck is ruled out. In this way waterproofing and pavement were also saved. The concrete itself is meant to resist both physical and environmental loads. The bridge also fulfils high aesthetic expectations.” More information can be found in this issue on pp. 281–291 (photo: Pez Hejduk ).