Chloride transport and related influencing factors of alkali-activated materials: a review

X Wan, Y Cui, Z Jin, L Gao - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chloride transport is a vital issue in the research on the durability of alkali-activated
materials (AAMs). Nevertheless, due to its miscellaneous types, complex mix proportions …

Modeling of the corrosion-induced crack in concrete contained transverse crack subject to chloride ion penetration

S Yu, H Jin - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the effect of transverse cracks on corrosion-induced cracking
in reinforced concrete (RC) structures. A three-dimensional diffusion-mechanical model of …

The chloride binding capacity and stability of gap-graded blended cement with calcined hydrotalcite and metakaolin

Y Guo, T Zhang, J Du, W Tian, A Wang, J Wei… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Enhancing chloride binding capacity and stability of cement paste is beneficial to blocking
chloride ingress and preventing the release of bound chloride, and consequently to improve …

Multifactorial chloride ingress model for reinforced concrete structures subjected to unsaturated conditions

E Zacchei, E Bastidas-Arteaga - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
The attack of chloride ions is one of the most important factors affecting reinforced concrete
(RC) durability. Chloride ingress into concrete is usually studied by assuming constant …

Reviewing arch-dams' building risk reduction through a sustainability–safety management approach

E Zacchei, JL Molina - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The importance of dams is rapidly increasing due to the impact of climate change on
increasing hydrological process variability and on water planning and management need …

A meso-stochastic research on the chloride transport in unsaturated concrete

D Chen, K Yang, D Hu, J Shi - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on the transport model of moisture, this paper establishes a prediction model of
chloride transport in unsaturated concrete. For the moisture transport model, different water …

[HTML][HTML] Deterministic and probabilistic approaches for corrosion in RC structures: A direct proposed model to total service life predictions

CG Nogueira, L Yoshio, E Zacchei - Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper the negative effects of the chloride ions attack in reinforced concrete (RC)
elements have been studied. For this the vertical and horizontal chloride diffusivity has been …

Calibration of boundary conditions correlated to the diffusivity of chloride ions: An accurate study for random diffusivity

E Zacchei, CG Nogueira - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2022 - Elsevier
For reinforced concrete (RC) structures, the corrosion of the reinforced steel bars from
chloride ions is a periodic risk. The chloride ions diffusion is governed by Fick'laws …

Protection of concrete structures: Performance analysis of different commercial products and systems

D Coffetti, E Crotti, G Gazzaniga, R Gottardo, T Pastore… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increasing demand for reconstructions of concrete structures and the wide availability
on the market of surface protective products and systems could lead to misunderstandings in …

2D/3D numerical analyses of corrosion initiation in RC structures accounting fluctuations of chloride ions by external actions

E Zacchei, CG Nogueira - KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 2021 - Springer
The diffusion of chloride ions in reinforced concrete (RC) varies in space and time,
depending on many uncertain factors as material properties, temperature, aging, humidity …