King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Civil Engineering Department
Seminar Announcement
You are cordially invited to attend CE Seminar		أنت مدعو لحضور محاضرات الهندسة المدنية
Tuesday, May 30th 2006
Building 4 Room 125
Presentation  # 01 10:00AM - 10:15 Am
Presenter	Osmanuddin Adil Syed
Topic	CONCRETE IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Abstract	The study of concrete in marine environment deserves special attention. First, coastal and offshore sea structures are exposed to the simultaneous action of a number of physical and chemical deterioration processes, which provide an excellent opportunity to understand the complexity of concrete durability problems in practice. Second, oceans make up 80 percent of the surface of the earth; therefore, a large number of structures are exposed to seawater either directly or indirectly. Usually the marine environment is divided into four zones, depending on the position of water level and tidal and wave action, and hence corrosion. In my presentation, I would highlight these four zones and how the concrete durability is going to vary with respect to these zones.
Presentation  # 02 10:15AM - 10:30 Am
Presenter	Mohammed Azhar
Topic	Reinforcement Corrosion
Abstract	Chloride induced steel corrosion is one of the major worldwide deterioration problems for the steel reinforced structures. The high alkaline environment of good quality concrete forms a passive film on the surface of the embedded steel which normally prevents the steel from further corroding. However, under chloride attack, the passive film is disrupted or destroyed, and the steel spontaneously corrodes