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Computers and Concrete Volume 8, Number 2, April 2011 , pages 177-192 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/cac.2011.8.2.177 |
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Enhanced mass balance Tafel slope model for computer based FEM computation of corrosion rate of steel reinforced concrete coupled with CO2 transport |
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Raja Rizwan Hussain
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| Abstract | ||
| This research paper aims at computer based modeling of carbonation induced corrosion under extreme conditions and its experimental verification by incorporating enhanced electrochemical and mass balance equations based on thermo-hygro physics with strong coupling of mass transport and equilibrium in micro-pore structure of carbonated concrete for which the previous research data is limited. In this paper the carbonation induced electrochemical corrosion model is developed and coupled with carbon dioxide transport computational model by the use of a concrete durability computer based model DuCOM developed by our research group at concrete laboratory in the University of Tokyo and its reliability is checked in the light of experiment results of carbonation induced corrosion mass loss obtained in this research. The comparison of model analysis and experiment results shows a fair agreement. The carbonation induced corrosion model computation reasonably predicts the quantitative behavior of corrosion rate for normal air dry relative humidity conditions. The computational model developed also shows fair qualitative corrosion rate simulation and analysis for various pH levels and coupled environmental actions of chloride and carbonation. Detailed verification of the model for the quantitative carbonation induced corrosion rate computation under varying relative conditions, different pH levels and combined effects of carbonation and chloride attack remain as scope for future research. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| carbonation; corrosion rate; reinforced concrete; mass transport; computational modeling; computer applications in concrete. | ||
| Address | ||
| Raja Rizwan Hussain: Center of Excellence for Concrete Research, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University Riyadh, 11421, Saudi Arabia | ||