Table 1 Exposure conditions for each location.
Location | Description of exposure conditions | Cs | References |
|---|---|---|---|
Brest | Coastal structure placed in a tidal zone with one cycle of wetting (6 h) and drying (18 h) per day | Cf = 17.75 kg/m3 water | Sleiman et al. (2009) |
Strasbourg | Inland structure located in a cold region where de-icing salts are applied during a winter period of 5Â months (from October to February). This cold period length was assumed based on recorded weather data | 3.5Â kg/m3 concrete | Bastidas-Arteaga et al. (2013) |
Nice | Structures placed at 0.1 km from the seashore. Chlorides are carried by salt spray from sea chlorides mixed in the humid air. The surface chloride concentration is constant during the structural lifetime | 2.95 kg/m3 concrete | Martin-Pérez (1999) |