Reinforced alkali-activated concrete with induced corrosion

Abstract

Reinforced concrete comprising of deformed steel bars is the common structural material in construction. The problem of this composite material is the corrosion of deformed steel bars inside the concrete that weakens the structure over time. In this paper, investigation on the two types of reinforced concrete were used: alkali-activated concrete (AAC) and ordinary Portland cement (OPC) concrete beams. In addition, Impressed Current Technique (ICT) was made to accelerate corrosion before performing flexural bending test. The use of a non-destructive test which is the digital image correlation (DIC) technique during the flexural loading test on the two types of beam were considered to monitor the strain values against load. It was concluded that AAC mixture 1:1:2 (coal fly ash: fine aggregate: coarse aggregate) with 12M Molarity and water binder ratio of 0.52 produced the lowest corrosion rate over time for all the beams. In addition, the strain values of the AAC mixture produced ductile behavior with strain softening effect on the third point bending load test where the location of the force was applied. © 2019 International Committee of the SCMT conferences. All rights reserved