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Assessment of chloride corrosion in steel fibre reinforced cementitious composites
High performance steel fibre reinforced cementitious composites (HPSFRCCs) show enhanced structural performance and durability. The improved properties favour its use in agressive conditions (such as marine environment) prone to corrosion. Despite the remarkable advances in the knowledge about corrosion of conventional reinforced concrete structures, questions still remain about its effects on the durability of HPSFRCC. The governing mechanisms of corrosion, the presence of cracks, the high steel fibre content, and the long-term chloride exposure still need to be properly evaluated. Given the increased application of HPSFRCC with structural responsibility and the high steel fibre content commonly used in the mixes, it is of great importance to understand the main mechanisms governing the chloride corrosion and its effects on the durability of the real-scale structures constructed with the material. To overcome these barriers and the uncertainty mentioned, this doctoral thesis adresses the following key issues: the effect of chlorides in uncracked HPSFRCCs under constant conditions; the influence of chloride corrosion in uncracked HPSFRCCs under wet-dry cycles with chlorides; the effect of corrosion in pre-cracked HPSFRCCs subjected to the same cycles and the proposal of a simplified model to consider the structural effects of corrosion. The first subject concerns the assessment of chloride corrosion on the aesthetic aspect and on the mechanical behaviour of HPSFRCCs by means of an accelerated test. For that, HPSFRCCs specimens with and without chlorides added to the mixes and with different fibre contents were tested. The preliminary experimental programme shows that, in general, the chlorides produce a level of surface corrosion with aesthetic consequences but have small influence on the mechanical performance. In the second subject, the influence of cycles was assessed in accelerated tests with uncracked HPSFRCCs prisms. The results reveal that, for uncracked HPSFRCCs elements, the corrosion affects the ...
Assessment of chloride corrosion in steel fibre reinforced cementitious composites
High performance steel fibre reinforced cementitious composites (HPSFRCCs) show enhanced structural performance and durability. The improved properties favour its use in agressive conditions (such as marine environment) prone to corrosion. Despite the remarkable advances in the knowledge about corrosion of conventional reinforced concrete structures, questions still remain about its effects on the durability of HPSFRCC. The governing mechanisms of corrosion, the presence of cracks, the high steel fibre content, and the long-term chloride exposure still need to be properly evaluated. Given the increased application of HPSFRCC with structural responsibility and the high steel fibre content commonly used in the mixes, it is of great importance to understand the main mechanisms governing the chloride corrosion and its effects on the durability of the real-scale structures constructed with the material. To overcome these barriers and the uncertainty mentioned, this doctoral thesis adresses the following key issues: the effect of chlorides in uncracked HPSFRCCs under constant conditions; the influence of chloride corrosion in uncracked HPSFRCCs under wet-dry cycles with chlorides; the effect of corrosion in pre-cracked HPSFRCCs subjected to the same cycles and the proposal of a simplified model to consider the structural effects of corrosion. The first subject concerns the assessment of chloride corrosion on the aesthetic aspect and on the mechanical behaviour of HPSFRCCs by means of an accelerated test. For that, HPSFRCCs specimens with and without chlorides added to the mixes and with different fibre contents were tested. The preliminary experimental programme shows that, in general, the chlorides produce a level of surface corrosion with aesthetic consequences but have small influence on the mechanical performance. In the second subject, the influence of cycles was assessed in accelerated tests with uncracked HPSFRCCs prisms. The results reveal that, for uncracked HPSFRCCs elements, the corrosion affects the ...
Assessment of chloride corrosion in steel fibre reinforced cementitious composites
2018-10-19
TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)
Theses
Electronic Resource
English
Assessment of chloride corrosion in steel fibre reinforced cementitious composites
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