The design of an instrumented rebar for assessment of corrosion in cracked reinforced concrete

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1259-1271

  Pease, Brad ^a   Geiker, Mette ^a   Stang, Henrik ^a   Weiss, Jason ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion potential; Crack width; Cracked concrete; Instrumented rebar; Reinforcement corrosion

Indexed keywords

CORROSION POTENTIALS; CRACK WIDTH; CRACKED CONCRETES; INSTRUMENTED REBAR; REINFORCEMENT CORROSION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACKS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SENSORS; SEPARATION; STANDARDS;

CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS;

EID: 80053911007     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-010-9698-1     Document Type: Article

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