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Small Anodic Polarization as a Mean to Modestly Accelerate Rebar Corrosion.

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Date Issued:
2024
Abstract/Description:
The study of non-invasive techniques to analyze the propagation of corrosion in steel reinforced concrete structures proves to be a great alternative to better understanding the corrosive process of rebar and increasing its useful life. The study presented in this document examines the evolution of steel reinforced concrete corrosion over time by applying a small anodic current over four samples, one with a single rebar (16X) and three with three rebars. The rebars were interconnected to apply the anodic current and accelerate their corrosion. Galvanostatic Pulse (GP) was used. This method applies a constant current pulse to the rebar for 150 seconds while monitoring the potential of the rebars. Each rebar's corrosion current was assessed using GP measurements when no anodic current was applied, and the rebars were disconnected. Sample 16X additionally underwent ultrasonic acoustic analysis by collecting the surface and rebar echo response with a transducer and modeling the sound propagation for poroelastic media with an adapted version of the novel Biot-Stoll method.
Title: Small Anodic Polarization as a Mean to Modestly Accelerate Rebar Corrosion.
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Name(s): da Silveira, Gabrielle Pimentel, author
Presuel-Moreno, Francisco, Thesis advisor
Pierre-Philippe, Beaujean, Thesis advisor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Created: 2024
Date Issued: 2024
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 93 p.
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: The study of non-invasive techniques to analyze the propagation of corrosion in steel reinforced concrete structures proves to be a great alternative to better understanding the corrosive process of rebar and increasing its useful life. The study presented in this document examines the evolution of steel reinforced concrete corrosion over time by applying a small anodic current over four samples, one with a single rebar (16X) and three with three rebars. The rebars were interconnected to apply the anodic current and accelerate their corrosion. Galvanostatic Pulse (GP) was used. This method applies a constant current pulse to the rebar for 150 seconds while monitoring the potential of the rebars. Each rebar's corrosion current was assessed using GP measurements when no anodic current was applied, and the rebars were disconnected. Sample 16X additionally underwent ultrasonic acoustic analysis by collecting the surface and rebar echo response with a transducer and modeling the sound propagation for poroelastic media with an adapted version of the novel Biot-Stoll method.
Identifier: FA00014491 (IID)
Degree granted: Thesis (MS)--Florida Atlantic University, 2024.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Includes bibliography.
Subject(s): Reinforced concrete--Corrosion
Reinforced concrete--Analysis
Nondestructive testing
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