Corrosion induced stress field and cracking time of reinforced concrete with initial defects: Analytical modeling and experimental investigation
Journal article, 2017

This paper presents an analytical model for calculation of corrosion induced stress field and cracking time of concrete cover with initial defects in a reinforced concrete. In the proposed model, two types of initial defects in concrete cover (surface and middle defect) were considered. Experiments were also performed to validate the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed model. Based on the model analysis, it was found out that initial defects have significant influence on the stress distribution, the corrosion induced expansion pressure in concrete cover, the critical mass of corrosion products, and the cracking time of concrete cover.

Cracking time

Stress field

Steel reinforced concrete

Corrosion

Author

Xiaogang Zhang

Shenzhen University

Minhui Li

Shenzhen University

Luping Tang

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Building Technology

Shazim Ali Memon

Nazarbayev University

Guojun Ma

Shenzhen University

F. Xing

Shenzhen University

H. Sun

Shenzhen University

Corrosion Science

0010-938X (ISSN)

Vol. 120 158-170

Subject Categories

Other Materials Engineering

DOI

10.1016/j.corsci.2017.01.012

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Created

10/8/2017