... under cathodic polarization potential, showing a higher corrosion inhibition ability. The corrosion inhibition mechanism of DEA and DMEA under cathodic polarization potential was proposed. Originality/value The MCI has a broad application prospect in the repair of damaged reinforced concrete due...

.... For example, railway objects are surrounded with a material with raised electrical resistance. Design/methodology/approach The railway infrastructure objects (foundations, contact-line supports, reinforced concrete sub-bases, bridge structures, pipelines of engineering networks, supports of passenger...

... reinforcement in concrete with the environment of both Cl⁻ and SO₄⁻² anions associated Mg⁺² cation. Design/methodology/approach The concrete specimens were prepared by using ordinary Portland cement (OPC), and OPC blended with metakaolin (MK) for water...

...Xiangyu Lu; Leyuan Zhang; Xingguo Feng; D. Chen; Yu Zuo Purpose Aluminum tripolyphosphate was used as a corrosion inhibitor in a simulated concrete pore solution. For studies of the inhibition mechanism of aluminum tripolyphosphate on the carbon steel, its influence on the pitting initiation...

...Altaf Ahmad; Ranveer Kumar; Anil Kumar Purpose This paper aims to identify an inhibitor to protect rebar corrosion in concrete. Design/methodology/approach The authors use the simple method of polarization and calculate the change in open-circuit potential and corrosion current density...

...Wuman Zhang; Jingsong Zhang; Shuhang Chen Purpose Ethylene glycol (EG) solution is a common deicing fluid of the aircrafts. Roller compacted concrete (RCC) used in the runway and the parking apron will be subjected to freeze-thaw cycles in EG solution. The purpose of this study is to find whether...

... Reinforced concrete is now heavily used as construction material with the increase in urbanization and industrialization. Requirement of reinforced concrete is in a daily growth, but corrosion of steel rebars in reinforced concrete constructions, particularly those found in marine environments...

.../methodology/approach The performance of carbon steel influenced by this organic inhibitor under different concentration of Cl⁻ and immersion time was studied by linear polarization resistance and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in a simulated concrete pore (SCP) solution. The surface...

...Shamsad Ahmad Purpose This study aims to make an effort to develop a model to predict the residual flexural strength of reinforced concrete beams subjected to reinforcement corrosion. Design/methodology/approach For generating the required data to develop the model, a set of experimental...

...Zhiming Ma; Tiejun Zhao; Jianzhuang Xiao; Ting Guan Purpose – Rebar corrosion in reinforced concrete is the major reason for the durability degradation, especially under harsh environment. This paper presents an experiment conducted to investigate the influence of freeze-thaw cycles on the rebar...

...Christos Zeris; George Batis; Vassilios Mouloudakis; John Marakis Purpose – This paper aims to present results of an experimental investigation on a series of scaled reinforced concrete column elements which were subjected to chloride exposure under accelerated conditions under a concurrent...

...Shamsad Ahmad Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to explore the possibility of establishing an empirical correlation between concrete resistivity and reinforcement corrosion rate utilizing the experimental data generated by measuring corrosion current density of reinforced concrete specimens...

... of antifouling coatings for steel rebars used in marine environments (e.g. bridge piers). It was concluded that steel rebars can be coated with antifouling paints before they are used for concrete constructions. Levent Cavas can be contacted at: levent.cavas@deu.edu.tr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited...

...Xin Wang; Shaoze Luo; Qiang Yuan Purpose A new roller compacted concrete dam of Fengman hydropower station was determined to be built in the toe of the old dam which had been identified as a dangerous dam. The new dam during construction would be impacted by the high‐speed flow discharged from...

...Xianming Shi; Tuan Anh Nguyen; Prathish Kumar; Yajun Liu Purpose This work seeks to present a systematic study that aimed to provide quantitative understanding of the fundamental factors that influence the chloride threshold of pitting corrosion of steel in concrete, by conducting a set...

... © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Galvanising Corrosion Concrete Galvanic protection against reinforcement corrosion safeguards Baltic centre for contemporary Art Keywords: Galvanising, Corrosion, Concrete Baltic is the new international centre for contemporary art...

... © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Steel Concrete Corrosion Controlling concrete's interior Keywords: Steel, Concrete, Corrosion Established electrochemical system design and installation contractor Makers UK Ltd has introduced a new electrochemical system called X...

... © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Coatings Corrosion prevention Concrete Steel Tough coating system protects Jubilee Millenium Bridge Keywords: Coatings, Corrosion prevention, Concrete, Steel The unique Gateshead Millenium Bridge, officially opened by the Queen on 7th...

...Dr Kalliopi K. Aligizaki © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Corrosion inhibition Steel Concrete Corrosion Inhibitors for Steel in Concrete – State of the Art Report B. ElsenerManey Publishing on behalf of the Institute of Materials200180 pp.ISBN: 1902653483£35.00, US $53.00...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Concrete Engineering CD-ROM Flexcrete launches interactive CD-ROM Keywords: Concrete, Engineering, CD-ROM Flexcrete, one of the UK's major manufacturers of concrete repair and systems, reports that it has launched an interactive CD-ROM...