ABSTRACT
The concrete specimen that has been specially designed and built for the testing campaign in April 2004 aims to simulate a small part of a typical concrete bridge deck. It is a square with dimensions of 250 × 250 cm and a thickness of 32 cm. The elements that were placed inside were chosen among typical structural elements used in the construction of reinforced and pre-stressed concrete bridge decks as well as a number of typical defects and anomalies that may occur deriving from errors during the construction.
