《Degradation of bond between steel bar and freeze-thaw concrete after electrochemical chloride extraction》.pdfVIP

J. Cent. South Univ. Technol. (2010) 17: 388−393 DOI: 10.1007/s11771−010−0057−8 Degradation of bond between steel bar and freeze-thaw concrete after electrochemical chloride extraction GUO Yu-xia(郭育霞), GONG Jin-xin(贡金鑫) State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China © Central South University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 Abstract: The effect of electrochemical chloride extraction (ECE) on bond strength between steel bar and freeze-thaw concrete contaminated by chloride was experimentally investigated for beam specimens with dimensions of 100 mm ×100 mm×400 mm. During the experiment, 3% NaCl (vs mass of cement, mass fraction) was mixed into concrete to simulate chloride contamination, and the specimens experienced 0, 25, 50, 75 freeze-thaw cycles before ECE. In the process of ECE, different current densities and durations were adopted. It is indicated that the bond strength between reinforcement and concrete decreases with the increase of freeze-thaw cycles; the more the current and the electric quantity of ECE are, the more the loss of bond strength is; and the largest loss is up to 58.7%. So, it is important to choose proper parameters of ECE for the reinforced concrete structures contaminated by chloride and subjected to freeze-thaw cycles. Key words: concrete; bond strength; degradation; electrochemical chloride extraction; freeze-thaw cycles 420 d. Commonly, current density used in ECE is higher 1 Introduction than 538 mA/m2, so the bond loss may be more severe.