Proceedings of
2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Mechanical Engineering CSM 2014
"ANALYSES OF CORROSION POTENTIAL FROM INHIBITOR-ADMIXED STEEL-REINFORCED CONCRETE: IMPLICATION ON STEEL-REBAR CORROSION RISK/PROBABILITY ANALYSES OF CORROSION POTENTIAL FROM INHIBITOR-ADMIXED STEEL-REINFORCED CONCRETE"
Abstract: “Statistical analyses of three probability density functions, from Normal, Rayleigh and Weibull distributions, were applied for studying steel-rebar corrosion risk/probability in inhibitor admixed steel-reinforced concrete immersed in aggressive media of 3.0% NaCl and 0.5 M H2SO4. For these, different concentrations, ranging from 0 M to 0.29 M, of K2CrO4 were admixed in two-set steel-reinforced concrete with each set partially immersed in each of the aggressive test-solutions and which were monitored using open circuit potential techniques as per ASTM C876–91 R99. Analyses of the 30-days test-response from these showed that most of the corrosion test-data distributed like the Weibull and like the Normal distributions while just a few test-datasets distributed like the Rayleigh distribution, according to the Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness-offit statistics. All the probability distribution fittings identified, in agreements, the 0.15 M K2CrO4 admixed steel-reinforced concrete with the least”
Keywords: Corrosion potential, steel rebar, potassium chromate, probability density fitting functions, Kolmogorov– Smirnov statistics, acidic and neutral salin