Analysis of corrosion risk due to chloride diffusion for concrete structures in marine environment |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, PR China;2. State Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, PR China;1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China;2. College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, PR China;3. Materials and Structural Engineering Department, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, PR China;4. Key Laboratory of Civil Engineering Structure & Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Technology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310014, PR China;1. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmental Impact and Structural Safety in Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, China;2. State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, China |
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| Abstract: | The chloride-induced steel corrosion is one of the main causes of deterioration for reinforced concrete structures exposed to marine environments. The chloride ingress into reinforced concrete structures is even more complex since it depends on random parameters linked to transport and chemical properties of materials, which results in variability of corrosion initiation. This variation raises the need of statistical approaches to evaluate the risk of corrosion initiation due to chloride ingress. To address this issue, we use sensitivity analysis to identify the influence of input parameters on critical length of time before corrosion initiation predicted by our chloride diffusion model. Exceedance probabilities of corrosion initiation time given that input parameters exceed certain thresholds were also calculated. Results showed that the corrosion initiation time was most sensitive to: chloride effective diffusion coefficient De in concrete, that is a parameter controllable by relevant stakeholders; surface chloride concentration Cs, a non-controllable parameter depending on surrounding conditions. Reducing the chloride diffusion coefficient enables us to postpone the maintenance of structures. However, the interaction between controllable parameters and non-controllable surrounding conditions was revealed influential on the reliability of results. For instance, the probability that corrosion initiation time exceeds 15 years given an effective diffusion coefficient (De) equal to 0.1 × 10−12 m2⋅s-1 can vary from 19 to 41% according to stochastic variations of chloride concentrations (Cs) values. Postponing the corrosion initiation time was combined with a decreasing probability of its occurrence. |
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| Keywords: | Reinforced concrete structures Service life Chloride ingress Sensitivity analysis Probability of corrosion |
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