Objective The durability of concrete and reinforced concrete structures is determined by the resistance of the concrete against the penetration of aggressive media from the environment. Thus, the perviousness of concrete for various media may serve as a criterion to classify concrete durability. The objective of the project is the development of a proposal to CEN TC 104 of standard test methods and standard test procedures for the determination of the concrete gas permeability, the capillary suction rate for water and the chloride migration in concrete. For typical mixtures of structural concretes these measured transport parameters are correlated to durability characteristics such as carbonation rate and abrasion resistance. The objectives include the development of standard preconditioning methods for samples in gas permeability measurements and capillary suction experiments, as well as the evaluation of different test methods with respect to their reliability and sensitivity for different concrete qualities. In two parts of the programme intercomparison testing is conducted to evaluate the performance of laboratories and their level of agreement in the determination of the material characteristics. For the preconditioning of samples a maximum duration of 14 days will be employed to achieve average moisture contents corresponding to equilibrium conditions with relative humidities of 55, 65, 75 and 85 % at 20 C, respectively. The remaining moisture gradients shall be less than 1 % water by mass of concrete. Programme(s) FP3-MAT - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of measurements and testing, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Universität Karlsruhe (Technische Hochschule) EU contribution No data Address 12,Kaiserstrasse 76128 Karlsruhe Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASTON UNIVERSITY EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Sweden EU contribution No data Address 8,Sven Hultins Gata 8 412 96 GOETEBORG See on map Total cost No data CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address c/ Serrano Galvache s/n 28033 MADRID See on map Total cost No data COWIconsult, Consulting Engineers andPlanners A/S Denmark EU contribution No data Address 15,Parallelvej 2800 Lyngby See on map Total cost No data LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL Portugal EU contribution No data Address 101,Avenida do Brasil 101 1700-066 LISBOA See on map Total cost No data SP SWEDISH NATIONAL TESTING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE Sweden EU contribution No data Address 4,Brinellgatan 4-10 501 15 BORAAS See on map Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BRAUNSCHWEIG Germany EU contribution No data Address POCKELSSTRASSE 14 38106 BRAUNSCHWEIG See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER DE TOULOUSE III France EU contribution No data Address Route de Narbonne 118 31062 TOULOUSE See on map Total cost No data Verein Deutscher Zementwerke eV Germany EU contribution No data Address TannenstraÙe 40476 Düsseldorf See on map Total cost No data