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Modelling the effects of structural cracking on carbonation front advance into concrete

Modelling the effects of structural cracking on carbonation front advance into concrete Concrete structures are almost certain to contain cracks due to different physiochemical mechanisms. The formation of cracks is sure to affect its durability by altering ion and fluid transport properties. This includes the incursion of CO2 into the structure. There presently exists no consensus on how to model the effects of structural cracking on carbonation progress within concrete structures. This paper first examines the concept of effective diffusion based on simultaneous diffusion of CO2 through sound and cracked concrete and then considers a series diffusion concept where CO2 diffuses first into the crack, and then outwards into the sound concrete. It is concluded that the effective diffusion concept is not valid for structurally cracked concrete. Instead, research efforts should be concentrated on developing a two-phase series diffusion model. Keywords: concrete; carbonation; cracking; modelling; corrosion; diffusion; fluid transport. Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Talukdar, S., Banthia, N. and Grace, J.R. (2015) ` into concrete', Int. J. Structural Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp.73­87. Biographical notes: Sudip Talukdar is a Sessional Lecturer at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, Canada. Nemkumar Banthia is a Professor of Civil Engineering, Distinguished http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Structural Engineering Inderscience Publishers

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Inderscience Publishers
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Copyright © Inderscience Publishers
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1758-7328
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1758-7336
DOI
10.1504/IJSTRUCTE.2015.068000
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Abstract

Concrete structures are almost certain to contain cracks due to different physiochemical mechanisms. The formation of cracks is sure to affect its durability by altering ion and fluid transport properties. This includes the incursion of CO2 into the structure. There presently exists no consensus on how to model the effects of structural cracking on carbonation progress within concrete structures. This paper first examines the concept of effective diffusion based on simultaneous diffusion of CO2 through sound and cracked concrete and then considers a series diffusion concept where CO2 diffuses first into the crack, and then outwards into the sound concrete. It is concluded that the effective diffusion concept is not valid for structurally cracked concrete. Instead, research efforts should be concentrated on developing a two-phase series diffusion model. Keywords: concrete; carbonation; cracking; modelling; corrosion; diffusion; fluid transport. Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Talukdar, S., Banthia, N. and Grace, J.R. (2015) ` into concrete', Int. J. Structural Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp.73­87. Biographical notes: Sudip Talukdar is a Sessional Lecturer at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, Canada. Nemkumar Banthia is a Professor of Civil Engineering, Distinguished

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International Journal of Structural EngineeringInderscience Publishers

Published: Jan 1, 2015

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