Freezing And Thawing Of Concrete Slideshare. Concrete sidewalks, driveways, parking lots and bridge decks, can exhibit scaling after the first winter or two if the concrete mixture used was not properly air entrained. It can be used to test an exposed surface of concrete structures or of precast concrete products, and to test the

When the ice melts, it returns back to its original volume but the. Freeze/thaw damage occurs in concrete when the water molecules in concrete freeze and expand beyond the volume constraints of the concrete. The pressure from that expansion causes the surrounding concrete to weaken.