• Computers and Concrete
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.145-159
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• 2022

In this study, the extreme learning machine and deep learning models were devised to estimate the bond strength of corroded reinforcement in concrete. The six inputs and one output were used in this study. The compressive strength, concrete cover, bond length, steel type, diameter of steel bar, and corrosion level were selected as the input variables. The results of bond strength were used as the output variable. Moreover, the Analysis of variance (Anova) was used to find the effect of input variables on the bond strength of corroded reinforcement in concrete. The prediction results were compared to the experimental results and each other. The extreme learning machine and the deep learning models estimated the bond strength by 99.81% and 99.99% accuracy, respectively. This study found that the deep learning model can be estimated the bond strength of corroded reinforcement with higher accuracy than the extreme learning machine model. The Anova results found that the corrosion level was found to be the input variable that most affects the bond strength of corroded reinforcement in concrete.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제75권4호
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• pp.455-464
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• 2020

Reinforcement corrosion is one of the major problems in the durability of reinforced concrete structures exposed to aggressive environments. Deterioration caused by reinforcement corrosion reduces the durability and the safety margin of concrete structures, causing excessive costs in managing these structures safely. This paper aims to investigate the effects of reinforcement corrosion on the load bearing capacity deterioration of the corroded reinforced concrete structures. A new analytical method is proposed to predict the crack growth of cover concrete and evaluate the residual strength of concrete structures with corroded reinforcement failing in bond. The structural performance indicators, such as concrete crack growth and flexural strength deterioration rate, are assumed to be a stochastic process for lifetime distribution modelling of structural performance deterioration over time during the life cycle. The Weibull life evolution model is employed for analysing lifetime reliability and estimating remaining useful life of the corroded concrete structures. The results for the worked example show that the proposed approach can provide a reliable method for lifetime performance assessment of the corroded reinforced concrete structures.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.133-143
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• 2015

Civil engineering infrastructure is aging and requires cost-effective maintenance strategies to enable infrastructure systems operate reliably and sustainably. This paper presents an approach for determining risk-cost balanced repair strategy of corrosion damaged reinforced concrete structures with consideration of uncertainty in structural resistance deterioration. On the basis of analytical models of cover concrete cracking evolution and bond strength degradation due to reinforcement corrosion, the effect of reinforcement corrosion on residual load carrying capacity of corroded reinforced concrete structures is investigated. A stochastic deterioration model based on gamma process is adopted to evaluate the probability of failure of structural bearing capacity over the lifetime. Optimal repair planning and maintenance strategies during the service life are determined by balancing the cost for maintenance and the risk of structural failure. The method proposed in this study is then demonstrated by numerical investigations for a concrete structure subjected to reinforcement corrosion. The obtained results show that the proposed method can provide a risk cost optimised repair schedule during the service life of corroded concrete structures.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.78-83
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• 2010

철근부식에 의해 발생된 녹은 철근 주위의 콘크리트에 팽창압력을 발생시켜 콘크리트의 균열유발, 피복콘크리트의 박리나 탈락, 철근의 단면적 감소들을 야기 시킨다. 또한 철근콘크리트 구조물 내에 매입된 철근의 부식은 철근과 콘크리트의 일체 거동을 저하시킴으로써 구조물이 외력에 견딜 수 있는 구조성능의 감소를 초래한다. 본 논문에서는 3차원 스캐너를 이용하여 철근이 부식됨에 따른 철근의 표면적을 측정하여 부식률과 표면 거칠기와의 관계를 파악하였다. 철근부식률 1~2%의 경우에서는 철근 표면적이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 동일 범위내에서 철근의 부착강도가 증가한 기존의 실험결과와 매우 유사한 결과를 나타낸다. 철근부식률 2% 이상에서는 오히려 표면적이 감소하였으며, 이는 단면적 손실로 인한 기존 부착강도 실험과 부합되는 결과를 나타냈다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2008년도 추계 학술발표회 제20권2호
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• pp.393-396
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• 2008

콘크리트 중의 철근은 시간경과에 따라 콘크리트의 중성화 및 염해 등에 의해 부식이 진전된다. 이러한 철근부식은 콘크리트의 품질편차, 균열발생 등의 영향으로 동일한 부재에서도 부위에 따라 그 정도에 차이가 발생하며, 균일하게 부식이 진전되지 않는다. 따라서, 콘크리트중의 철근이 부식된 부재에 대하여 역학적 특성을 평가함에 있어서 공식이나 국부부식 등을 고려하지 않고 평균부식률에 의해 평가를 하는 것은 철근이 부식된 실제 철근콘크리트 구조체의 내력저하를 평가하는 데에 있어서 한계가 있을 수밖에 없다.한편, 철근이 부식된 철근콘크리트 구조체의 내력저하를 유한요소법 등에 의해 해석적으로 평가하기 위해서는 부식철근의 역학적 성능에 대한 모델화가 필수적이며, 이를 위해서는 콘크리트중에서의 철근의 부식을 상정한 부식패턴에 대해 정량화하고 이를 역학적 성능과의 관계로서 수식화하는 것이 필요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 콘크리트내부의 철근부식에 따른 부식형태의 정량화 및 부식철근의 역학적 성능평가를 목적으로 하며, 이를 위해 다양한 패턴의 부식형상을 상정한 철근부식실험을 수행하고 표면형상분석장치에 의해 부식형태를 정량화하였으며, 역학적특성에 대한 평가를 통해 부식정도와 역학적 성능의 관계를 정식화하였다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.167-182
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• 2018

The modeling of loss of bond between reinforcing bars (rebars) and concrete due to corrosion is useful in studying the behavior and prediction of residual load bearing capacity of corroded reinforced concrete (RC) members. In the present work, first the possibility of using different methods to simulate the rebars-concrete bonding, which is used in three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) modeling of corroded RC beams, was explored. The cohesive surface interaction method was found to be most suitable for simulating the bond between rebars and concrete. Secondly, using the cohesive surface interaction approach, the 3D FE modeling of the behavior of non-corroded and corroded RC beams was carried out in an ABAQUS environment. Experimental data, reported in literature, were used to validate the models. Then using the developed models, a parametric study was conducted to examine the effects of some parameters, such as degree and location of the corrosion, on the behavior and residual capacity of the corroded beams. The results obtained from the parametric analysis using the developed model showed that corrosion in top compression rebars has very small effect on the flexural behaviors of beams with small flexural reinforcement ratio that is less than the maximum ratio specified in ACI-318-14 (singly RC beam). In addition, the reduction of steel yield strength in tension reinforcement due to corrosion is the main source of reducing the load bearing capacity of corroded RC beams. The most critical corrosion-induced damage is the complete loss of bond between rebars and the concrete as it causes sudden failure and the beam acts as un-reinforced beam.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.863-878
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• 2004

Steel corrosion in reinforced concrete structures leads to concrete cover cracking, reduction of bond strength, and reduction of steel cross section. Among theses consequences mentioned, reduction of bond strength between reinforcement and concrete is of great importance to study the behaviour of RC members with corroded reinforcement. In this paper, firstly, an analytical model based on smeared cracking and average stress-strain relationship of concrete in tension is proposed to evaluate the maximum bursting pressure development in the cover concrete for noncorroded bar. Secondly, the internal pressure caused by the expansion of the corrosion products is evaluated by treating the cracked concrete as an orthotropic material. Finally, bond strength for corroded reinforcing bar is calculated and compared with test results.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.121-136
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• 2013

Tension tests were carried out to investigate the effect of the corrosion pattern on the ductility of tension bars extracted from a 26-year-old corroded reinforced concrete beam. The tensile behavior of corroded bars with different corrosion patterns was examined carefully, as were two non-corroded bars extracted from a 26-year-old control beam. The results show that corrosion leads to an increase in the ratio of the ultimate strength over the yield strength, but reduces the ultimate strain at maximum force of the reinforcement. Both the corrosion pattern and the corrosion intensity play an important role in the ductile properties. The asymmetrical distribution of the corrosion around the surface is a decisive factor, which can influence the ultimate strain at maximum force more seriously.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2001년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.1035-1040
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• 2001

Recently, Sea-sand containing high levels of chloride is being applied to on reinforced concrete structures due to the exhaustion of river-sand and environmental problems, which affects directly corrosion of rebar in the RC structures. In this paper, characteristics of corroded rebar before and after casting were studied. Test results showed that bond strength of rebar corroded after casting was decreased with increase of corrosion level more rapidly than that of rebar corroded before casting.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.319-336
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• 2015

Life cycle performance of corrosion affected RC structures is an important and challenging issue for effective infrastructure management. The accurate condition assessment of corroded RC structures mainly depends on the effective evaluation of deterioration occurring in the structures. Structural performance deterioration caused by reinforcement corrosion is a complex phenomenon which is generally uncertain and non-decreasing. Therefore, a stochastic modelling such as the gamma process can be an effective tool to consider the temporal uncertainty associated with performance deterioration. This paper presents a time-dependent reliability analysis of corrosion affected RC structures associated bond strength degradation. Initially, an analytical model to evaluate cracking in the concrete cover and the associated loss of bond between the corroded steel and the surrounding cracked concrete is developed. The analytical results of cover surface cracking and bond strength deterioration are examined by experimental data available. Then the verified analytical results are used for the stochastic deterioration modelling, presented here as gamma process. The application of the proposed approach is illustrated with a numerical example. The results from the illustrative example show that the proposed approach is capable of assessing performance of the bond strength of concrete structures affected by reinforcement corrosion during their lifecycle.