Corrosion Monitoring of Reinforced Concrete Structures


Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., Vol. 2, 2007

infrastructure. Quality control, maintenance and planning for the restoration of these structures need non-destructive inspections and monitoring techniques that detect the corrosion at an early stage. Corrosion loss consumes considerable portion of the budget of the country by way of either restoration measures or reconstruction. There have been a large number of investigations on the problems of deterioration of concrete and the consequent corrosion of steel in concrete. Properly monitoring the structures for corrosion performance and taking suitable measures at the appropriate time could effect enormous saving. Moreover, the repair operation themselves are quite complex and require special treatments of the cracked zone, and in most instances the life expectancy of the repair is limited. Accordingly, corrosion monitoring can give more complete information of changing condition of a structure in time [2-5].




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