Model for cover cracking due to rebar corrosion in RC structures

Engineering Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1093-1109

  Bhargava, Kapilesh ^a   Ghosh, A K ^a   Mori, Yasuhiro ^b   Ramanujam, S ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expansive corrosion products; Radial pressure; Residual strength; Steel concrete interface; Tension softening; Time to cover cracking; Weight loss of reinforcing bar

Indexed keywords

BARS (METAL); CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CORROSION; CRACK INITIATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EXPANSIVE CORROSION PRODUCTS; RADIAL PRESSURE; REINFORCING BAR; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; STEEL-CONCRETE INTERFACE; TENSION-SOFTENING; TIME TO COVER CRACKING;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

BARS (METAL); CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CORROSION; CRACK INITIATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CORROSION; CRACKING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; STEEL; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645919646     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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