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ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 1145-1152Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2006.07.018
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accelerated corrosion; concrete durability; cracking flexure load capacity; propagation period; reinforced concrete; remaining life
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This work presents results from an experimental investigation which correlated flexure capacity loss with steel cross-section loss due to generalized corrosion of the embedded steel in a humid environment. Concrete beams (100 x 150 x 1500 mm) cast with chlorides were used in this investigation. Further acceleration of the corrosion process was achieved by applying a nominal 80 [mu A/cm(2) constant anodic Current for approximately 50-180 days. The specimens were subsequently tested in flexure under three-point loading. The average corrosion penetration, x(AVER), the maximum concrete surface crack width, CWMAX, and the maximum rebar pit depth, PITMAX, were estimated for each corroded beam using gravimetric metal loss procedure. The results obtained showed: (1) the corrosion-induced concrete crack propagation was enhanced if dry rather than wet environment is used during the accelerated corrosion stage; (2) wet environment during corrosion acceleration enhanced pit formation at the rebar surface; (3) a decrease of as much as 60% in the flexure load capacity values was observed with only 10% Of x(AVER)/r(o), where r(o) = rebar radius; and (4) PITMAX, not the x(AVER)/r(o) ratio, was the most important parameter affecting flexural load capacity reduction in corroded beams. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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