The influence of carbonation process on concrete bridges and durability in Estonian practice

Concrete as one of the most widely used construction material in building industry, has considerable implementing in bridge engineering due to its extensive number of effective technical characteristics. However, according to exploitation environment, there are substantial factors such as aggressive...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2017-10, Vol.251 (1), p.12072
Main Authors: Liisma, E, Sein, S, Järvpõld, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon dioxide
Carbonation
Compressive strength
Concrete
Concrete bridges
Concrete construction
Concrete structures
Construction industry
Construction materials
Field tests
Service life
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Summary:Concrete as one of the most widely used construction material in building industry, has considerable implementing in bridge engineering due to its extensive number of effective technical characteristics. However, according to exploitation environment, there are substantial factors such as aggressive liquids (e.g. deiced salts, sulfates, etc), rapid temperature alterations and the increasing rate of CO2 to take into account predicting actual retained service life of concrete structure and the need of repairmen to increase the lifespan of the bridge. According to several measuring, concentration of atmospheric CO2 is reported linearly increasing and is modeled to appear as exponential increase in the next decade. This environmental influence leads to accelerated carbonation process of concrete and brings up the importance of its potential untimely degradation mechanism. Hence, the main aim of this research is to give an analyzed overview of the carbonation depths of selection of 11 concrete bridges in Estonia built in the period of 1976-2007 and their relation with compressive strength of concrete. In addition to in situ tests, laboratory research was performed to understand natural carbonation rate and compressive strength relations of concrete.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/251/1/012072