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Computers and Concrete Volume 15, Number 4, April 2015 , pages 643-671 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/cac.2015.15.4.643 |
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Strength deterioration of reinforced concrete column sections subject to pitting |
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Rita Greco and Giuseppe Carlo Marano
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| Abstract | ||
| Chloride induced reinforcement corrosion is widely accepted to be the most frequent mechanism causing premature degradation of reinforced concrete members, whose economic and social consequences are growing up continuously. Prevention of these phenomena has a great importance in structural design, and modern Codes and Standards impose prescriptions concerning design details and concrete mix proportion for structures exposed to different external aggressive conditions, grouped in environmental classes. This paper focuses on reinforced concrete column section load carrying capacity degradation over time due to chloride induced steel pitting corrosion. The structural element is considered to be exposed to marine environment and the effects of corrosion are described by the time degradation of the axial-bending interaction diagram. Because chlorides ingress and consequent pitting corrosion propagation are both time-dependent mechanisms, the study adopts a time-variant predictive approach to evaluate residual strength of corroded reinforced concrete columns at different lifetimes. Corrosion initiation and propagation process is modelled by taking into account all the parameters, such as external environmental conditions, concrete mix proportion, concrete cover and so on, which influence the time evolution of the corrosion phenomenon and its effects on the residual strength of reinforced concrete columns sections. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| pitting corrosion, strength deterioration, diffusion coefficient, surface chloride concentration, concrete structures, marine environment | ||
| Address | ||
| Giuseppe Carlo Marano: DICATECH, Department of Civil Engineering, Environmental, Territory, Building and Chemical, Technical University of Bari, via Orabona 4 - 70125, Bari -Italy Rita Greco: DICAR, Department of civil Engineering and Architecture, Technical University of Bari, via Orabona 4 - 70125, Bari -Italy | ||