A Practical Computing Method for Residual Area of Rebar Cross-Sections under Carbonation Induced Corrosion

Abstract:

Area loss of severely weakened rebar cross sections is a crucial variable in assessment of structural deterioration for corroded concrete structures, which is hard to be measured or estimated precisely in conventional methods. In this paper, rebar samples were taken from naturally corroded RC slabs. Their virtual models were built using 3D laser scanning technique to facilitate geometric measurement. From these models seriously weakened sections were screened out as analyzing samples, and residual areas as well as profiles of the cross-sections were derived and investigated consequently. Shown by the results, corrosion was non-uniformly distributed on rebar surface, and profiles of the residual cross-sections can hardly be formulated efficiently. However, they can be simplified into ellipse with minor axis of minimum residual diameter and major axis of diameter in perpendicular direction. This model has been proved to give an conservative approximation of residual sectional area with 4.27% underestimation and 89.2% degree of confidence.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 166-169)
• Pages: 1895-1899
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.166-169.1895
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Xiao Gang Wang, De Ming Zhong
• Keywords: Carbonation, Corrosion, Corrosion Penetration Depth, Section Loss

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