Service life prediction for 50-year-old buildings in marine environments

[EN] Steel reinforcing bars are often coated with rusts formed during service in reinforced concrete (RC) structures. Rust layers growing on steel rebars induce expansive stresses and cause cracking on cover concrete. This study uses steel corrosion rate results measured on reinforced concrete build...

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Autores: Sánchez-Deza, A., Bastidas, David M., Iglesia, A. la, Mora, E. M., Bastidas Rull, José María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/187179
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/187179
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Chloride
Concrete corrosion cracking
Expansive stress
Marine environments
Rust layer
Ambiente marino
Cloruros
Corrosión hormigón
Herrumbre
Tensión expansiva
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/14
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
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Sumario:[EN] Steel reinforcing bars are often coated with rusts formed during service in reinforced concrete (RC) structures. Rust layers growing on steel rebars induce expansive stresses and cause cracking on cover concrete. This study uses steel corrosion rate results measured on reinforced concrete buildings of more than 50 years of age located in marine environments and considers the pressure generated by the volume expansion of corrosion product layers to calculate the service life of the RC structures using a numerical simulation, estimat-ing the time to corrosion cracking of the concrete cover. Akaganeite, goethite, lepidocrocite, hematite, magnetite and maghemite were identified by X-ray diffraction as crystalline phase constituents of the rust layers.