TY - JOUR A1 - Bertron, A. A1 - Grengg, C. A1 - Peyre Lavigne, M. A1 - Wack, H. A1 - Gluth, Gregor A1 - Aboulela, A. A1 - Sonois, V. A1 - Mittermayr, F. T1 - Comparative evaluation of laboratory methods for performance assessment of cementitious materials in wastewater networks: Biological and chemical tests versus field exposure N2 - The biodeterioration of concrete elements in sewer systems and their repair is of significant economic and societal concern. However, the available test methods to assess the performance of cementitious materials under the relevant conditions are insufficiently validated. In the present study, two biological test methods and a standardised chemical test were applied to two sewer repair mortars and a reference mortar, and the performances of these materials were compared in a severely deteriorating sewer environment. In both biological tests, the induction period was considerably shorter than that of the field, and time-resolved recording of durability indicators enabled to determine deterioration rates in the steady-state regime, which compared reasonably well with each other and with the behaviour in the sewer environment. The chemical test does not allow to obtain a deterioration rate, and the observed relative performance differences of the mortars deviated from the results of the biological tests. KW - MIC KW - Biodeterioration KW - Sulfuric acid attack KW - Testing KW - Cementitious repair systems PY - 2025 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2024.107741 SN - 0008-8846 SN - 1873-3948 VL - 188 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-61857 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -