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JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS
Volume 137, Issue 3, Pages 175-185Publisher
ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000215
Keywords
Corrosion; Cracking; Pressure; Concrete; Cover cracking; Pressure; Rust
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- EU TMR Network ConFibreCrete
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Vast governmental budgets are spent annually to face corrosion problems of steel reinforcement in concrete bridges attributable to the extensive use of deicing salts. Corrosion controls the lifetime of a bridge, which has two distinct periods. During the first period, chlorides diffuse through the cover. When sufficient chlorides are formed at the rebars, corrosion initiates. This marks the start of the second period, during which rust with higher volume to bare steel is produced. The rust puts pressure on the cover, which finally leads to cover spalling. In this paper, a model is developed to determine the time span of the second period. The model includes a volume compatibility condition that allows for the proper introduction of compaction of all materials that contribute to cover spalling, including the rust. A new condition for marking failure of the cover is also established, based on fracture mechanics and strain energies. Finally, a new formula is proposed for the rate of rust production, which allows for the constant rust production at early and nonlinear diffusion dependant rates at latter stages of corrosion. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000215. (C) 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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