Concrete is commonly regarded as a mundane, prosaic material whilst
the sea is perceived as a fearsome environment, endowed with
mystery. Mystery stems from lack of knowledge, and to that extent
both concrete and sea have something in common-we fall a long way
short of knowing enough about them. Fortunately we have learned
enough from our investigations and experiences to be able to set
the limits within which we should operate. It is important for the
engineer to seek to quantify the effects of the environment on
materials and structures so that these can be made safe and
adequately durable for their intended economic life. This is
especially true for marine structures. Thus the primary purpose of
this book is to provide a useful synthesis of the behaviour of
concrete and concrete structures in the marine environment. An
outline of the content of the book is provided in the latter part
of the first chapter and so will not be anticipated here. The chief
aim throughout, however, is to work as far as possible within a
context of the appropriate governing physical phenomena, giving due
consideration to the mathematical relationships between them.
Moreover, without intending to be a design manual, an introduction
is given to the sources of information which designers are likely
to use, as well as to structural achievements. It is hoped that
there should emerge an implicit integration between structure and
constituent materials and the surrounding environment.
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