A unified approach to performance evaluation of existing concrete structures - integration of a numerical simulation scheme and durability indicators

Author(s): T. Ishida, K. Maekawa, K.-I. Nakarai
Paper category: Workshop
Book title: International RILEM Workshop on Performance Based Evaluation and Indicators for Concrete Durability
Editor(s): V. Baroghel-Bouny, C. Andrade, R. Torrent, K. Scrivener
ISBN: 978-2-912143-95-2
Pages: 109 - 116
Total Pages: 8
Language: English

Abstract: 
In this paper, a unified approach to performance evaluation of an existing concrete structure is presented. Coupled analysis of mass transport and damage mechanics associated with steel corrosion is used to predict structural behavior from its birth to death. Multi-scale modeling of micro-pore formation and transport phenomena of moisture and ions are mutually linked for predicting the corrosion of reinforcement and volumetric changes. Input data necessary for the computational scheme were assumed by observation and a destructive method, and the identified information are given to the system. Primary trials reveal that the methodology unifying the numerical system and durability indicators is one of the promising technologies for performance based evaluation of existing structures.

Online publication: 2007
Publication Type: full_text
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