Concrete cracking prediction under combined prestress and strand corrosion

• Published in: Structure and infrastructure engineering Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 285 - 295
• Main Authors: Wang, Lei, Dai, Lizhao, Bian, Hanbing, Ma, Yafei, Zhang, Jianren
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 04.03.2019; Taylor & Francis (Routledge): STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles
• Subjects: Civil Engineering; concrete cracking; corrosion products; crack propagation; Engineering Sciences; Materials; Mechanics; Prestressed concrete; rust-expansion ratio; strand corrosion; strand corrosion; concrete cracking; Prestressed concrete; rust-expansion ratio; crack propagation; corrosion products

This study investigates strand corrosion-induced concrete cracking under various prestress experimentally and analytically. Experimental data on the critical time of cover cracking, crack width and corrosion loss obtained from the accelerated corrosion test are presented and discussed. The expansion...