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New Chemo-Mechanical Theory of Corrosion Damage in Concrete Under Sulfate Attack

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The degradation of durability of concrete structures in marine environment means the gradually decrease of strength and stiffness of concrete materials with time. It is not only a chemical problem but also a mechanical problem. In fact, this mechanical problem combined with chemistry may be caused by seawater corrosion. In this chapter, the damage mechanism of sulfate ions in seawater is experimentally and theoretically investigated. It is found that the internal expansive stress produced by delayed ettringite, which is the product of chemical reaction between sulfate ions and pore solution in concrete, leads to micro-damage nucleation and growth in the material. Based on this viewpoint, the corrosion damage evolution in cylindrical concrete samples is detected by means of ultrasonic technique. Then the theoretical model of the damage evolution is proposed by considering the chemical reaction rate. Furthermore, the surface cracks evolution in concrete under sulfate attack is studied. Based on the mechanism of corrosion damage, further research on the surface cracks growth in concrete under sulfate attack is carried out. In this chapter, the surface cracks evolution is described by the information entropy. Such an information entropy evolution is detected at different corrosion time. Moreover, a chemo-mechanical model is derived in terms of the chemical reaction rate of delayed ettringite. It is found that the information entropy increases exponentially with time.

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Acknowledgment

The authors acknowledge the financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11832013, 11772164), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2009CB623203), the Key Research Program of Society Development of Ningbo (2013C51007), and K.C. Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University. The assistance of C. Lu in theoretical study and J. Yao and C. Qian in experiment are also appreciated.

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    Jiankang Chen

  2. Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China

    Zhuping Huang

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Chen, J., Huang, Z. (2021). New Chemo-Mechanical Theory of Corrosion Damage in Concrete Under Sulfate Attack. In: Voyiadjis, G.Z. (eds) Handbook of Damage Mechanics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8968-9_55-1

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