CORROSION PROBLEMS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
Laboratory and field investigations were carried out to examine the influence of the magnitude of crack widths on corrosion of reinforcement in concrete structures in a marine environment. Accelerated laboratory tests and natural exposure tests showed there was no correlation between the amount of corrosion of reinforcement and the width of roughly parallel-sided cracks that extended from the surfaces of the specimens to the reinforcement. Corrosion occurred in cracks only 0.1 mm wide. The placing of limits on crack widths as specified in design codes may not prevent corrosion of the reinforcement (a). The number of the covering abstract of the symposium is TRIS no 348805. (TRRL)
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Availability:
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Supplemental Notes:
- Symposium on Concrete 1981; Towards Better Concrete Structures, Adelaide, June 2, 1981.
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Corporate Authors:
Institution of Engineers
11 National Circuit
Barton, A.C.T., Australia -
Authors:
- HEIMAN, J L
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1981
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 59-66
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Concrete; Conferences; Correlation analysis; Corrosion; Cracking; Field tests; Laboratories; Material reinforcement; Reinforced concrete; Reinforcing materials; Seas; Tests; Width
- Uncontrolled Terms: Concrete cracking; Corrosive environments
- Old TRIS Terms: Marine atmospheres
- ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 5252: Corrosion; 5211: Cracking; 6226: In situ; 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 4794: Reinforced concrete; 3471: Reinforcement (in mater); 4368: Sea; 6255: Test; 6479: Width
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Materials; Planning and Forecasting; I32: Concrete; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00348809
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- ISBN: 085825 146 9
- Report/Paper Numbers: No. 81/3
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 30 1982 12:00AM