• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.53-60
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• 2024

Compressive strength in concrete has many affecting parameters and varies with exposure conditions. Although the concrete has same mix proportions, its properties are different with exposure conditions, and sea-environment can be classified into three groups such as tidal, atmospheric, and sea submerged region particularly. In this study, compressive strength was evaluated on 7-year-cured concrete and the results from previous equations (KDS, ACI, CEB, and JSCE) were compared with them. Furthermore the strength and carbonation progress were evaluated on concrete cured for 7 years exposed to three different sea environment. Three levels of w/c (water to cement) ratio (0.37, 0.42, and 0.47) and three different exposure conditions (tidal, atmospheric, and submerged) were considered. The results from wet-cured condition are all higher than those from the previously proposed equations, and the results from different sea exposure conditions (tidal, atmospheric, and submerged region) were lower than those from wet-cured condition. A reduction of strength was evaluated with increasing w/c ratio and the minimum strength was evaluated in the sea-submerged conditions. Several experimental constants applicable to the previous equations were obtained from regression analysis since the strength change with w/c ratios were not considered in those equations. Regarding carbonation depth with different exposure conditions, higher carbonation depth clearly was observed with increasing w/c ratios, and evaluated in the order of atmospheric, submerged, and tidal region. Considerable carbonation depth was observed in submerged and tidal region due to sulfate ion and dissloved carbon dioxide as well.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.607-615
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• 2009

Analysis of chloride penetration into concrete is performed considering the repeated wetting and drying conditions of tidal zone, by means of the developed finite element program which enables the diffusion-convection analysis to be conducted. Heat conduction and moisture diffusion are also included in the finite element analysis program in order that their effects to chloride penetration may be considered. For the efficiency of calculation, the analyses of temperature, relative humidity and free chloride concentration are conducted successively in that order, by treating the convection of chloride due to moisture diffusion as an source or sink term. By comparing the analysis result from finite element analysis, where main variable is a wetting and drying period, with the chloride profiles from ACI Life-365 method, it is shown that the Life-365 method gives an accurate result for the submerged zone but does not consider the differences of wetting and drying period. To obtain an accurate chloride profile in the tidal zone, it is confirmed that the diffusion-convection finite element analysis should be applied.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.299-306
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• 2017

In this research, it was examined chloride ion penetration resistance of slag-replaced concrete and cementless slag concrete considering marine environmental exposure conditions of splash zone, tidal zone and immersion zone. In the design strength of grade 24 MPa, the specimens were tested to determine their compressive strength, scanning electron microscopy images and chloride migration coefficient. Further, chloride ion penetration depth and carbonation depth of specimens exposed to marine environment were measured. Experimental results confirm that chloride migration coefficient of specimens tended to decrease with increasing the replacement ratio of ground granulated blast-furnace slag in accelerated laboratory test. In addition, the specimens exposed to the tidal zone were found to be the greatest chloride ion penetration depth compared to splash zone and immersion zone. On the other hand, the chloride ion penetration depth of the specimens exposed to splash zone tended to increase with increasing the replacement ratio of ground granulated blast-furnace slag in contrast with the results for the tidal zone and immersion zone.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.211-218
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• 2013

Cyclic wet and dry conditions in the marine environment structures corrosion is known to be the fastest rising. For that reason, accelerated corrosion test methods for the reproduction of tidal environment has been actively conducted. However, many studies have estimated threshold value for steel corrosion or concentrated in chloride penetration analysis. In this study, cyclic wet and dry conditions to reproduce the structure of the environment in accelerated corrosion and chloride penetration test analysis was performed. Corrosion was determined by the result of reinforcement corrosion monitoring based on galvanic potential measurement and half-cell potential method. Accelerated corrosion test results for each formulation was different corrosion periods, the order OPC> FA> BS> High-strength concrete. FEM durability interpretation program DuCOM was conducted under the same conditions as in accelerated corrosion test. The experimental RCPT tests demonstrated the validity of the result.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.351-351
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• 2015

음극방식법은 피방식체에 외부전원을 인가하거나 보다 활성 금속을 전기적으로 연결하여 피방식체를 일정 전위까지 음극분극 되도록 하여 부식을 억제하는 방법이다. 해수 중 음극방식을 실시할 경우 생성되는 석회질 피막(Calcareous deposit)은 소요전류밀도 감소로 인한 희생양극의 수명연장 및 물리적 방호벽 역할을 한다. 그러나 일반적인 석회질 피막은 세라믹과 같은 화합물로써 밀착력이 매우 약하며, 적지 않은 피막 형성 시간이 소요된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 해수 중 음극전류 프로세스를 응용하여 실제 강관의 해중부 및 간만대 영역까지 석회질 피막을 균일-치밀하게 형성시키기 위한 최적의 조건을 찾고자 하였다. 각 조건별로 제작된 석회질 피막은 SEM, EDS 및 XRD를 통해 막의 모폴로지, 조성원소 및 결정 구조를 분석하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 희생양극 종류(Al, Zn) 및 1, 3, $5mA/m^2$의 전류밀도 조건에서 부위-기간별 형성된 석회질 피막의 메커니즘을 해명하였다. 또한 밀착성과 내식특성을 평가하기 위해 테이핑 테스트, 침지-자연전위 거동을 분석 및 평가하였다.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.119-126
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• 2019

In case of RC(Reinforced Concrete) structures which are constructed in coastal areas, chloride ions in sea water corrode the steel rebar in concrete. Especially in coastal areas, RC structures are affected by not only immersion of sea water, but also tidal of sea water and airborne chloride ions. In this study, marine environment exposure tests are conducted, considering 3 types of exposure environments(immersion zone, tidal zone, splash zone) and the exposure periods of 180 days, 365 days, and 730 days. Also, the concrete mixtures for this study are established, considering 3 levels of W/B(Water to Binder) ratio(0.37, 0.42, 0.47) and 2 levels of substitution rate of Fly ash(0 %, 30 %). In all exposure environments, Fly ash concrete has lower apparent chloride diffusion coefficients than OPC concrete. It is thought that fly ash's pozzolan reaction improves chloride resistance of concrete. Fly ash concrete has up to 63.5 % of decreasing rate in 180 days of exposure and up to 55.8 % of decreasing rate in 730 days of exposure, based on diffusion coefficients of OPC concrete. As a result of evaluation about effects of exposure environments, apparent chloride diffusion coefficients of fly ash concrete are evaluated in order of tidal zone, immersion zone, and splash zone. In tidal zone, It is thought that repeated cycles of wetting and drying of sea water cause the diffusion of chloride ions rapidly.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.136-143
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• 2016

There are various method for evaluating the durability life of concrete structures due to salt damage. The best way is to perform a corrosion test for a rebar embedded in concrete specimen was exposure to marine environment. However, this method has the disadvantage that it takes a long period of time. Also, accelerated corrosion test which was complemented complements the time-consuming weakness is limited to apply because it could not reveal a correlation between long-term exposure test. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to derive a correlation coefficient between cycle drying-wetting accelerated corrosion test and long-term exposure test. Corrosion initiation time was measured in four types of concrete samples, i.e., two samples mixed with fly ash(FA) and blast furnace slag(BS), and the other two samples having two water/cement ratio(W/C = 0.6, 0.35) without admixture(OPC 60 and OPC 35). The accelerated corrosion test was carried out by two case, i.e., one is a cyclic drying-wetting method(case 1), and the other is a artificial seawater ponding test method(case 2). Whether corrosion occurs, it was measures using half-cell potential method. The results indicated that case 1 is to accelerated the corrosion of rebar about 24~36% as compared with case 2, then the corrosion of rebar embedded in concrete occurred according to the order of OPC60, FA, BS, OPC35. Correlation coefficient between accelerated corrosion test and long-term exposure test, case 1 is 4.23 to 5.42, and case 2 is 6.54 to 7.82.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.18-27
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• 2022

In this study, the time-dependent chloride ingress behavior in GGBFS concrete was evaluated considering marine exposure conditions and the properties of concrete mixtures. The concrete mixture for this study had 3 levels of water to binder ratio and the substitution rate of GGBFS, and outdoor exposure tests were performed considering submerged area, tidal area, and splash area. According to the evaluation results of diffusion coefficient considering properties of concrete mixtures, as the substitution rate of GGBFS increased, the decreasing rate of the diffusion coefficient decreased based on exposure periods of 730 days(2 years). As the evaluation result of the diffusion behavior according to the marine exposure conditions, the diffusion coefficient was evaluated in the order of submerged area, tidal area, and splash area. In tidal area, a relatively high diffusion coefficient was evaluated due to the repetition of wet and dry seawater. In this study, the effects of GGBFS substitution rate on the decreasing behavior of apparent chloride diffusion coefficient was analyzed in consideration of exposure conditions and periods. Linear regression analysis was performed with apparent chloride diffusion coefficient as output value and GGBFS substitution rate as input value. After 730 days of exposure, the effect of GGBFS on diffusion coefficient was significantly reduced. Even for OPC concrete, after 730 days, the diffusion coefficient was as low as that of GGBFS concrete, so the gradient of the regression equation decreased significantly. It is thought that improved durability performance for chloride ingress can be secured before 730 days through the use of GGBFS.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers Conference
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.177-183
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• 2002

우리나라의 서해안은 많은 도서가 산재해 있고 지형이 복잡하며 조석의 간만의 차가 크게 나타나 연안을 따른 조간대가 폭넓게 형성되어 있다. 연안해역에 대해 새만금과 시화호 같은 부영양화 환경문제나 군산지구 개발사업 같은 연안공사에 따른 퇴적물 이동 등 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.88-91
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• 2018

국내 연안에 설치된 항로표지(등부표,등대 등) 대부분이 철근 콘크리트 형식으로 제작 설치 되어 있다. 초기 구조물 제작시 파손 및 전단, 염해에의 한 콘크리트의 부식에 대한 인식 부족으로 일반적인 색상표시 도장방식으로 마감처리 하여 설치 하였다. 이로 인하여 콘크리트의 파손, 도장부의 탈락으로 인하여 매년 유지보수비용이 투입되고 있는 실정이다. 또한 부식진행 후 현장여건상 보수도장이 취약하고 보수 후에도 내구성 부족(방오수명 2년~3년)으로 지속적인 관리가 필요하다. 그러므로 항로표지의 신규 설치시 강관조 형식의 설계적용이 요구되며 강관조의 가장 큰 취약점인 부식(녹)에 대한 방오방법의 연구가 지속적으로 진행되고 있다. 또한 기 설치된 해상 금속구조물의 경우 보수작업시 장비반입, 작업시간, 작업여건 등이 비말대, 간만대에 따라 변동 하므로 원칙적인 보수가 불가능한 상황에 있다. 그러므로 초기 제작시 부식에 대한 방오도장이 시행 되어야 한다. 기 설치된 콘크리트 구조물 등표는 원칙적인 구조보강 검토 후 염해, 중성화 방지 도장을 시행 하여야 하며 이에 대한 연구를 진행하고 있다.