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Peter Koteš1, Miroslav Strieška1, František Bahleda2
1Department of Structures and Bridges, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Žilina, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia.
Abstract:
Reliability is one of the most significant requirements for structures given in Eurocodes. Thus, the specific level of safety, serviceability, and durability have to be satisfied to fulfill the reliability of structures. In the case of reinforced concrete (RC) members, the corrosion of reinforcement is not assumed in the stage of structure design, which is in contrast with the structures in service, where the corrosion of reinforcement can significantly decrease their diameter ø in time. In these cases, the moment resistance in time MRd(t) decreases during the designed lifetime Td of a structure. The corrosion speed is as a basis for the calculation of moment resistance in time MRd(t), i.e., a first-year corrosion rate rcorr and a corrosion model as well. The corrosion itself is a very complicated issue, so the first-year corrosion rate rcorr and also the corrosion model can be different under various conditions in Slovakia. The paper is focused not only to determine the corrosion speed (first-year corrosion rate rcorr and the corrosion model) and parametric study of the moment resistance in time MRd(t) under various conditions in Slovakia but also shows an overview on some parameters that may influence the corrosion process.
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