Corrosion rate of steel in concrete: Evaluation of confinement techniques for on-site corrosion rate measurements

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1059-1076

  Nygaard, Peter V ^a,b   Geiker, Mette R ^b   Elsener, Bernhard ^c  

^a FORCE TECHNOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confinement; Corrosion rate; Polarisation resistance; Reinforced concrete; Reinforcement corrosion

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION FACTORS; CELL CURRENT; CONCRETE SURFACE; CONFINEMENT; CORROSION RATE MEASUREMENTS; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOCALISED CORROSION; PASSIVE REINFORCEMENT; POLARISATION; POLARISATION RESISTANCE; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REINFORCEMENT BAR; REINFORCEMENT CORROSION; SITE INVESTIGATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION; BUILDING MATERIALS; CELL MEMBRANES; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

CORROSION RATE;

EID: 68849108685     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-008-9443-1     Document Type: Article

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