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Document:
SP122-14
Date:
June 1, 1990
Author(s):
E. F. O'Neil,
Publication:
Symposium Papers
Volume:
122
Abstract:
Paper acquaints those interested in concrete durability with the scope and duration of a new long-term field and laboratory testing program which began in 1989 and will continue through 2004. It has been commissioned by the Reinforced Concrete Research Council (RCRC) of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and is designed to compare the effects of warm and cold seawater environments on the durability of reinforced and prestressed concrete elements made using concrete materials and additives which have become available over the past 15 years. It is a follow-up study to those conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and guided by the RCRC, during the period 1950 through 1976.
DOI:
10.14359/3746
SP122-07
R. Pleau, M. Pigion, R. M. Faure, and T. Sedran
Samples from nine air-entrained concrete mixes made with and without a superplasticizer were examined under a scanning electron microscope to determine the size distribution of the voids in the 0.5 to 50 æm range. Concurrently, samples of the same mixes were examined under a binocular microscope to determine the size distribution of the voids in the 10 to 1000 æm range. The voids observed under the electron microscope were separated into two categories: air voids (spherical in shape or nearly so) and large capillary pores (irregularly shaped). The results show that, in mixes, the amount of capillary pores with diameters ranging from 0.5 to 50 æm is relatively important (the number of these voids generally represents approximately half the total number of entrained air voids). The role of these pores in the frost resistance of concrete is believed to be strongly dependent on their degree of saturation at the time of freezing. The number of air voids smaller than 10 æm in diameter, however, was found to represent less than 10 percent of the total number of entrained air voids. These small air voids are thus expected to have little influence on frost durability. The results also indicate that the distribution of the ir-void diameters is influenced by the nature of the air-entraining agent but not by the use of a superplasticizer. The distribution of air-void diameters was found to be approximately the same for all mixes, irrespective of the value of the spacing factor.
10.14359/2478
SP122-15
N. S. Berke and K. M Sundberg
Chloride-induced corrosion is a problem common to steel reinforced concrete exposed to chloride ions. A severe case is the use of reinforced concrete in seawater. The high-chloride concentration in salt water, the geometry of concrete piles, and the moisture differential between concrete above and below the water line are all factors that complicate the problem. The corrosion resistance of steel reinforced concrete is a function of the concrete cover of the steel, concrete permeability, surface chloride concentration, and ambient temperature. In this paper, the authors present diffusion curves for chloride ingress into concrete piles. The diffusion coefficients are based on extensive laboratory and field studies. They also discuss the usefulness of this model, based on Fick's law of diffusion. By estimating the chloride ion concentration at the steel reinforcement after a given amount of time, the lifetime of the structure can be predicted. In addition to concrete quality, concrete admixtures affect the corrosion of steel in concrete. Two concrete admixtures are discussed--calcium nitrite and microsilica. As demonstrated in other publications, both of these additives delay the onset of corrosion. It has also been shown that calcium nitrite affects the rate of corrosion upon initiation. The appropriate dosage of each admixture can be determined using the chloride diffusion curves. Examples are described in the paper.
10.14359/2522
SP122-01
Bryant Mather
Concrete will be immune to the effects of freezing and thawing if: 1) it is not in an environment where freezing and thawing take place, i.e., where freezable water may be present in the concrete; 2) there are no pores in the concrete large enough to hold freezable water when freezing takes place (i.e., no capillary cavities); 3) during freezing of freezable water, the pores containing freezable water are never more than 91 percent filled, i.e., not critically saturated; 4) during freezing of freezable water, the pores containing freezable water are more than 91 percent full and the paste has an air-void system with an air bubble located not more than 0.2 mm (0.008 in.) from anywhere (L ó 0.2 mm), sound aggregate, and moderate maturity. Sound aggregate is aggregate that does not contain significant amounts of accessible capillary pore space that is likely to be critically saturated when freezing occurs. The way to establish that such is the case is to subject properly air-entrained, properly mature concrete, made with the aggregate in question, to an appropriate laboratory freeze-thaw test, such as ASTM C 666, Procedure A. Moderate maturity means that the original mixing water-filled space has been reduced by cement hydration so that the remaining capillary porosity that can hold freezable water is a small enough fractional volume of the paste so that the expansion of the water on freezing can be accommodated by the air-void system.
10.14359/2418
SP122-23
David J. Akers
Reinforced concrete masonry structures can be effectively used in corrosive environments provided that the design is based upon a rational assessment of the exposure condition. An investigation of wall that had 6000 g of muriatic acid and 11,000 g of sodium hypochlorite stored along its exterior face indicated accelerated deterioration of the wall due to inadequate design and no protection afforded to the wall when the building's usage was changed from general warehouse to chemical storage. Poor construction practices also contributed to the distressed condition. The investigation utilized electrical, visual, and chemical means of assessing the structures's condition. The primary tool was a copper-copper sulfate (Cu-CuSO4) half cell conforming to ASTM C 876. The resulting equipotential contour map provided valuable information regarding the wall's corrosion potential. Visual observations of exposed, corroded reinforcing steel confirmed the half-cell readings. Chemical analysis of block, mortar, and grout samples extracted from the wall revealed high but inconsistent water-soluble chloride ion contents.
10.14359/3754
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