Numerical Modeling of Chloride Transport in Concrete under Cyclic Exposure to Chloride.

Materials (Basel)

Department of Highway & Transportation Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Goyangdae-ro 283, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang 10223, Korea.

Published: August 2022

Concrete structures under cyclic exposure to chlorides entail a higher risk of embedded steel corrosion along with accelerated ionic ingress from the environment. This study proposes a coupled transport model considering moisture and chloride distribution in concrete to investigate the influence of a cyclic exposure condition on chloride penetration. In this model, pore size distribution to quantify the effective pore space for moisture and chloride mobilizations was determined to establish the governing equation for chloride transport through non-saturated concrete. From the simulation results, the rate of chloride penetration increases with decreasing ambient humidity levels due to the enhanced chloride convection. Finally, the coupled transport model was verified by comparing in-situ data, showing reasonable correlations with 0.83 and 0.93 of determinant coefficients for 22 and 44 years of exposure, respectively, while those obtained from LIFE 365 were much lower.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9457048PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15175966DOI Listing

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