• 비파괴검사학회지
• /
• 제25권3호
• /
• pp.157-162
• /
• 2005

In order to evaluate the corrosion of reinforcing steel-bars (rebar) in concrete, a nondestructive evaluation by the half-cell potential method is currently applied. In this study, potentials measured on a concrete surface are compensated into those on the concrete-rebar interface by the inverse boundary element method (IBEM). Because these potentials are obtained three-dimensionally (3-D), 3-D visualization is desirable. To this end, a visualization system has been developed by using VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language). As an application, results of a reinforced concrete (RC) slab with corroded rebars are visualized and discussed.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국콘크리트학회 2004년도 춘계 학술발표회 제16권1호
• /
• pp.834-837
• /
• 2004

In this study, the electric accelerated reinforcing bar corrosion test was carried out to estimate the coefficient of electrolytic corrosion based on the concept of Faraday's law according to rebar corrosion rate and concrete compressive strength which had an effect on the actual corrosion mass loss. The results of this paper allow the prediction of corrosion amount in the electric accelerated reinforcing bar corrosion test method.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
• /
• 제16권2호
• /
• pp.40-48
• /
• 2012

콘크리트내의 철근의 부식은 열화와 콘크리트 구조물의 조기파괴의 주된 원인이 된다. 본 연구에서는 비파괴 기법 중 전자기적 열유도방법과 적외선 열화상기법을 이용한 철근부식평가가 시도되었는데, 부식 또는 비부식된 철근의 열특성 차이를 이용한 것이다. 본 논문은 이러한 개념을 배경으로 수행한 실험적 연구이며, 유도전류를 통해 콘크리트 표면으로부터 내부 철근을 가열하고 외부의 적외선 카메라를 이용하여 표면의 온도변화를 관측한다. 피복두께가 다른 콘크리트 시편은 앞면과 배면의 피복두께를 동일하게 제조하여 앞면에서 가열과 배면에서의 온도측정을 동시에 할 수 있도록 고안되었다. IC (Impressed Current) 방법을 통하여, 철근 부식을 촉진하였으며, 적외선 화상을 통하여 온도가열과 냉각을 전 시험과정에 걸쳐 측정하였다. 본 실험을 통하여 부식/비부식 철근의 뚜렷한 온도변화를 확인하였으며, 부식된 시편에서 빠른 온도증가속도 및 냉각속도를 평가하였다. 본 연구는 콘크리트 매립철근의 비파괴적인 부식탐지의 가능성을 보여주고 있다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
• /
• 제26권2호
• /
• pp.1-8
• /
• 2022

철근 콘크리트 구조물 수명 저하의 주요한 원인은 콘크리트 내부 철근의 부식이다. 이때 사전 부식된 구조물 내부 철근은 다른 철근에 비해 더 쉽게 부식되며, 특히 구조물이 습기 또는 염화 환경에 노출된 경우 부식의 진행속도가 매우 빠른 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 시멘트 복합재 내부의 사전 부식 철근에 대한 서로 다른 양생 용액이 부식에 미치는 영향을 탐구하였다. 철근의 사전 부식을 촉진하기 위해 HCl(3%)용액과 CaCl2(10%)용액을 활용하였으며, 대조군(RE)을 포함한 3종의 사전 부식 철근 모르타르 실린더를 타설하였다. 철근 모르타르 실린더는 CaCl2(3%) 용액과 수돗물에서 각각 120일 동안 양생하며 실험을 진행하였다. 사전 부식 철근의 모르타르 내부 부식 거동에 대한 양생 용액의 영향을 평가하기 위해 전기화학적 분극저항(Electrochemical Polarization)과 반전지 전위 측정법(Half-cell potential)을 활용하였으며, 전자주사현미경(SEM)과 X선 회절 분석(X-ray Diffraction Analysis)을 통해 부식된 철근의 표면 상태와 성분을 분석하였다. 실험 결과 두 종류의 양생 용액에서 사전 부식된 철근의 부식률은 사전 부식되지 않은 시료의 부식률보다 높은 것으로 나타났으며, CaCl2 용액 양생 120일의 RE, CaCl2, HCl 사전 부식 시편의 최종 부식 속도가 수돗물에 양생한 경우보다 각각 8.14, 4.48, 13.81배로 높았다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
• /
• 제4권2호
• /
• pp.56-59
• /
• 2005

In rebar concrete structure, the corrosion of rebar can arise the deterioration of concrete structure and may affect the safety of the whole system. Recently, several methods for corrosion protection have been used and are more important for concrete structure using the sand including chloride ion. Among several protections, electrical cathodic protection has been expected to be one of the most useful methods in corrosion protection for reinforcement of concrete structures. The anode for cathodic protection needs high current density, high corrosion resistance and low overvoltage. To fill up the special qualities, the insoluble anodes were developed and these anodes were coated with metal oxide of $TiO_2$, $ZrO_2$, $RuO_2$, and $IrO_2$. Lifetime of these anodes can be one of the important factors affecting the lifetime of concrete structure in cathodic protection. In this work, several anodes were made by sol-gel method and thermal decomposition method and the lifetime of these anodes was evaluated by NACE international standard test method, TM 0294-94. Also, we did analyze the properties of coated metal oxides.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
• /
• 제17권5호
• /
• pp.203-210
• /
• 2018

This paper compares the inhibition properties of aspartic and lactic acid salts with nitrite ions and their effect on critical chloride concentration. The tests were carried employing carbon steel specimens in saturated lime solution with varying pH in the range between13 to 13.6. The critical chloride concentration was estimated through multiple specimen potentiostatic tests at potentials in the usual range for passive rebar in the alkaline concrete of atmospheric structures. During tests, chloride salt was added every 48 h until all the specimens showed localized attacks. The cumulative distribution curves, i.e. the number of corroded specimens as a function of the chlorides concentration was obtained. Furthermore, IR spectra were recorded for the evaluation of the presence of the organic inhibitors on the passivity film. The results confirmed the inhibitory effect of 0.1M aspartate comparable with nitrite ions, at a similar concentration. Addition of calcium lactate did not result in an increase in the critical chloride concentration. However, the formation of a massive scale containing the substance that could reduce the corrosion propagation was observed.

• KIEAE Journal
• /
• 제7권4호
• /
• pp.141-146
• /
• 2007

It is necessary to guarantee the safety, serviceability and durability of reinforced concrete structures over their service life. However, concrete structures represent a decrease in their durability due to the effects of external environments according to the passage of time, and such degradation in durability can cause structural degradation in materials. In concrete structures, some degradations in durability increase the corrosion of embedded rebars and also decrease the structural performance of materials. Thus, the structural condition assessment of RC materials damaged by corrosion of rebars becomes an important factor that judges needs to apply restoration. In order to detect the damage of reinforced concrete structures, a visual inspection, a nondestructive evaluation method(NDE) and a specific loading test have been employed. However, obscurities for visual inspection and inaccessible members raise difficulty in evaluating structure condition. For these reasons, detection of location and quantification of the damage in structures via structural response have been one of the very important topics in system identification research. The main objective of this project is to develope a methodologies for the damage identification via static responses of the members damaged by durability. Six reinforced concrete beams with variables of corrosion position and corrosion width were fabricated and the damage detections of corroded RC beams were performed by the optimization and the conjugate beam methods using static deflection. In results it is proved that the conjugate beam method could predict the damage of RC members practically.

• Computers and Concrete
• /
• 제29권1호
• /
• pp.1-14
• /
• 2022

Several aspects influence corrosive processes in reinforced concrete (RC) structures such as environmental conditions, structural geometry and mechanical properties. Since these aspects present large randomnesses, probabilistic models allow a more accurate description of the corrosive phenomena. Besides, the definition of limit states in the reliability assessment requires a proper mechanical model. In this context, this study proposes a straightforward methodology for the mechanical-probabilistic modelling of RC structures subjected to reinforcements' corrosion. An improved damage approach is proposed to define the limit states for the probabilistic modelling, considering three main degradation phenomena: concrete cracking, rebar yielding and rebar corrosion caused either by chloride or carbonation mechanisms. The stochastic analysis is evaluated by the Monte Carlo simulation method due to the computational efficiency of the Lumped Damage Model for Corrosion (LDMC). The proposed mechanical-probabilistic methodology is implemented in a computational framework and applied to the analysis of a simply supported RC beam and a 2D RC frame. Curves illustrate the probability of failure evolution over a service life of 50 years. Moreover, the proposed model allows drawing the probability of failure map and then identifying the critical failure path for progressive collapse analysis. Collapse path changes caused by the corrosion phenomena are observed.

• Computers and Concrete
• /
• 제23권1호
• /
• pp.69-80
• /
• 2019

Modeling approach for mesoscopic model of concrete depicting mass transportation and physicochemical reaction is important since there is growing demand for accuracy and computational efficiency of numerical simulation. Mesoscopic numerical simulation considering binder, aggregate and Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ) generally produces huge number of DOFs, which is inapplicable for full structure. In this paper, a three-dimensional multiscale approach describing three-phase structure of concrete was discussed numerically. An effective approach generating random aggregate in polygon based on checking centroid distance was introduced. Moreover, ITZ elements were built by parallel expanding the surface of aggregates on inner side. By combining mesoscopic model including full-graded aggregate and macroscopic model, cases related to diffusivity and thickness of ITZ, volume fraction and grade of aggregate were studied regarding the consideration of multiscale compensation. Results clearly showed that larger analysis model in multiscale model expanded the diffusion space of chloride ion and decreased chloride content in front of rebar. Finally, this paper addressed some worth-noting conclusions about the chloride distribution and rebar corrosion regarding the configuration of, rebar diameter, concrete cover and exposure period.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
• /
• 제16권4호
• /
• pp.529-539
• /
• 2004

철근콘크리트 구조물의 주요 파괴 원인은 철근의 부식에 의한 것으로 철근의 부식에 대한 문제점을 해결할 가능성이 있는 재료 중 FRP 보강근은 그 가능성이 높다. 그렇지만 이와 같은 FRP 보강근은 보강철근과 다른 파괴 메카니즘에 의하여 현저하게 성능이 저하될 가능성을 가지고 있다. 이와 같은 환경에는 알칼리 환경 등이 있다. 따라서 미국, 일본 캐나다 등 많은 나라에서는 환경영향계수를 사용하고 있다. 그렇지만 환경영향계수는 각 나라마다 다르게 적용되고 있는데 이는 FRP 보강근에 대한 장기거동에 대하여 명확한 기준이 제시되어 있지 않기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 FRP 보강근의 환경영향계수를 제안하는데 그 목표를 두고 있다. 환경영향계수는 내구성 시험결과를 기본으로 하여 결정하였다. FRP 보강근은 알칼리 산 염해 등을 포함한 환경조건에 노출하였다. FRP 보강근은 간단한 질량변화를 측정하여 수분흡수 거동을 평가하였으며 역학적 특성의 변화는 인장, 압축 및 전단시험을 통하여 평가하였다. 시험결과를 기본으로하여 하이브리드 FRP 보강근(A)와 (C) 및 CFRP 보강근은 환경영향계수를 0.85로 결정하였고 하이브리드 FRP 보강근(B) 및 GFRP 보강근은 0.70으로 결정하였다.