Effect of corrosion on the fatigue service-life on steel and reinforced concrete beams

Chloride-induced corrosion is a point of big concern in reinforced concrete (RC) structures. To monitor the actual health and to predict the remaining service-life of structures, it is important to understand the structural behaviour and the failure mechanism of structures exposed to chlorides under fatigue loading conditions. A beam test,...

Evaluation of Ag/AgCI sensors for in-situ monitoring of freee chloride concentration in reinforced concrete structures

The level of free chloride concentration in reinforced concrete structures essentially determines the onset of steel corrosion initiation and further propagation. One of the well-known methods for monitoring free chloride concentration is using silver/silver chloride electrodes (Ag/AgCl). These electrodes are sensitive mainly to chloride ions...

Characterization of Portland cement paste using MIP, nanoindentation and esem techniques