• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.23 no.7
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• pp.1-8
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• 2019

The primary purposes of this study are to understand a fundamental effects of electro-deposition on reinforcing steel in saturated Ca(OH)2 electrolyte, and evaluate the corrosion rates of rebars under cyclic 3wt.%NaCl immersion and dry corrosion environment. The three cement mortar specimens with cover thickness 5, 10 and 30mm, were prepared in the experiment. To monitor the corrosion rates of rebars in mortar, the three cement mortar specimens were exposed to 110 wet-drying cycles(8-hour-immersion in 3wt.%NaCl and 16-hour-drying in a room temperature) in the laboratory. During the wet-dry cycles, the polarization resistance, Rp, and solution resistance, Rs, were continuously measured. The instantaneous corrosion rates of rebars on the effect of electro-depositing with sat. Ca(OH)2 electrolyte were estimated from obtained R-1p and degrees of wetness were estimated from Rs values. From the experimental results, the corrosion rates of rebars were greatly accelerated by wet/dry cycles. During the mortars exposed to drying condition, the large increases in the corrosion rates were showed at all rebar surfaces in three mortar specimen, attributed from the accelerated reduction rates of dissolved oxygen in drying process. However, the corrosion rates on rebar surface electrochemically deposited with sat. Ca(OH)2 electrolyte showed the clear decreases, caused by calcium deposits in the porous rust layer.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.375-381
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• 2017

Recently, due to the increasing of interest about the eco-friendly concrete, it is being increased to use concretes containing by-products of industry such as fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag, silica fume, and etc. Especially, these are well known for improving the resistance to reinforcement corrosion in concrete and decreasing chloride ion penetration. The purpose of this experimental research is to evaluate the resistance to corrosion of reinforcement and critical chloride content of high volume fly ash concrete(HVFAC) which is replaced with fly ash for approximately 50% cement content. For this purpose, corrosion monitoring of reinforcement by half cell potential method was carried out for the cylindrical test specimens that the upper of reinforcement in concrete was exposed to detect the time of corrosion initiation for reinforcement. It was observed from the test result that the the time of corrosion initiation for reinforcement of HVFAC by the accelerated corrosion tests increased 1.2~1.3 times than plain concrete and the critical chloride contents of plain concrete and HVFAC were found to range $0.80{\sim}1.20kg/m^3$, $0.89{\sim}1.60kg/m^3$, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.671-675
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• 2000

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the performance of various kind anticorrosives which is developed to enhance the capacity of anticorrosives in several conditions of salty reaction, and evaluate corroded state according to various amounts of chloridized material. Beside, to exam Zincspray for Cathodic Protection System evaluation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.597-600
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• 1999

Recitly, the use of sea-sand is increasing in the construction due to the rapid reduction of river-sand. In that case, one of the major problem is that a sand salt in sea-sand induce the corrosion of embedded reinforcing bar in concrete. In addition, the deterioration of concrete quality arises a social problem in the durability of reinforced concrete. This research is aimed at providing the data for the control of design method of repair and rehabilitation in the reinforced concrete structure by means of the evaluation of structural performance due to corrosion.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.1045-1050
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• 2001

This study was performed to evaluate reinforced concrete durability in chloride attack environment under sustained load by the corrosion of reinforcing bars and the permeation of chloride ion. Generally, it is regarded that permeability of chloride ion is determined by the properties of concrete, but the effects of load which make alternation of concrete inner structure such as crack and so on should not neglected. In this study, it is shown that the relation between bending load on RC beam, deflection and crack of specimen, permeation of chloride ion, rating of re-bar corrosion, and the relation between compression load and permeation of chloride ion. Therefore the effects of load on permeation of chloride ion and re-bar corrosion are evaluated.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.789-792
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• 1999

Reinforced concrete structures covered creek for road vehicle located in urban areas have been experiencing corrosion of concrete and reinforcing steel caused by $H_2S$ gases generated by anaerobic bacterial. H2S gases react with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid ($H_2SO_4$). This acid chemically attacks concrete, and sulfate ions penetrate into the concrete, causing rebar corrosion. In this work, to determine the conditions of RC culvert boxes which were constructed in the 1970s, various tests were conducted, including carbonation depth, compressive strength, half-cell potential measurements, and XRD analyses. Results indicated that the concrete deterioration was caused by sulfate attack and rebar corrosion. This paper discusses the evaluation on the durability of reinforced concrete structures covered creek for road vehicle.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.447-450
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• 2000

Recently, antiwashout underwater concrete has used for underwater structure such as high strength massive concrete structures. When, concrete is placed in seawater the quality and durability of concrete could be doubt to especcially because the amount of cement placed in the concrete can be diminished by flowing seawater. In this study, antiwashout underwater concrete mixed with mineral admixtures for improvement of properties was placed in air, water, and salt water. Half-cell potential and current density was of specimens which made under different conditions measured for estimating corrosion degree. The experimental results demostrate that corrosion resistantce in saltwater was little and mineral admixtures improved properties of concrete.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2006.05b
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• pp.637-640
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• 2006

Corrosion from various causes of reinforcing steel in concrete structures not only shortened the life of structures but also it is necessary a great repair cost to return and protect to the health condition. Using Nitrite inhibitors is a typical protection method. But there is no materials for the study about corrosion protection using nitrite. Therefore it is important to evaluate the additional rate and influence on congealment using the nitrite inhibitors in cement paste which is originally the basic material and crucial factors consisting concrete. The purpose of this study is finding influence of the type of nitrite inhibitors and mixing ratio on congealment of cement paste, and finding best corrosion inhibitors and ratio in cement paste.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.163-166
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• 2005

In this study, an unified algorithm for the degradation analysis which considers the cracks in concrete and steel corrosion is developed and implemented into finite element analysis program. Using the program, degradation analysis on reinforced concrete structures subjected to chloride attacks was carried out with time by considering the cracks and the steel corrosion and cracking due to expansion of corroded reinforcing bars. The analytical procedure proposal in this study can be used quantitative evaluation of degradation and service life prediction.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.193-207
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• 2014

The study presented herein aims to investigate the durability related properties of rubberized concrete. Two types of waste scrap tire rubber were used as fine and coarse aggregate, respectively. The rubber was replaced with aggregate by three crumb rubber and tire chips levels of 5, 15, and 25% for the rubberized concrete productions. In order to improve the transport properties and corrosion resistance of rubberized concretes, SF was replaced with cement at 10% replacement level by weight of total binder content. The transport properties of the rubberized concretes were investigated through water absorption, gas permeability, and water permeability tests. The corrosion behavior of reinforcing bars embedded in plain and silica fume based rubberized concretes was investigated by linear polarization resistance (LPR) test. The results indicated that the utilization of SF in the rubberized concrete production enhanced the corrosion behavior and decreased corrosion current density values. Moreover, the reduction in the water and gas permeability coefficients was observed by the incorporation of SF in plain and especially rubberized concretes.