Journal
COMPUTERS & STRUCTURES
Volume 85, Issue 23-24, Pages 1740-1756Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2007.04.008
Keywords
multiionic diffusion; reactive transport; Nernst-Planck; SNIA; operator splitting; concrete; unsaturated; sulfate attack
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This paper gives the details of the multiionic transport model STADIUM (R) intended to describe the degradation of cement-based materials exposed to aggressive environments. The main algorithm is based on an operator splitting approach. The first part of the calculations is dedicated to solving the transport equations without considering the chemical reactions. The concentration profile of each ionic species is calculated by taking into account diffusion, electrical coupling between the ions, chemical activity effects and advection caused by a capillary suction flow. In the second part, a chemical module corrects the concentration profiles to enforce the equilibrium between the pore solution and the various solid phases of an hydrated cement paste. The model is compared to experimental results of hydrated cement pastes exposed to pure water and sodium sulfate solutions. Long term simulations were also performed to analyze the behavior of the algorithm. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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