Ramesht - Department ofCivil and Structural Engineering UMIST

cver the past decade, corrosion has come to be regarded as a crucial problmi on two counts: {a) it is expensive to repair b) it has wide spread occurrmca. The present research sets out to evaluate the effects of cornsion on properties and flexural Mhaviour oE farrocement. In this relatian, two series of specimens were tested, The first series were cast, plkccd in water 'and a suitable eritrirdment far 28 days, ard then subj eeted to f lemral test. The second series landerwe!st a sim5iar test, except that they were transferred to a