TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of surface treatments on rapid chloride permeability tests
AU - Yoon, Seyoon
AU - Oh, Sang-gyun
AU - Ha, Juyoung
AU - Monteiro, Paulo M.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-l1-004021
Acknowledgements: This publication was based on work supported in part by Award No. KUS-l1-004021, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to Hangyu Cho, for his experimental assistance.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Surface treatments are commonly applied to improve the chloride resistance of concrete structures exposed to saline environments. Information on chloride ingress to surface-treated concrete is mostly provided by application of the rapid chloride permeability test (RCPT); this test is short in duration and provides rapid results. This study presents a numerical formulation, based on the extended Nernst-Plank/Poisson (NPP) equation, to model the effect of the surface treatment on a sample tested by RCPT. Predictions of the model are compared to experimental measurements. The simulations show that the results from RCPT, in terms of ionic profiles and measurement of the electric field, are dependent on the effectiveness of surface treatments. During RCPT, highly effective surface treatments cause both cations and anions to flocculate at the interface between the surface treatment and the concrete, creating a local electric field. Our numerical model includes these phenomena and presents a methodology to obtain more accurate diffusivities of the surface-treated- concrete from RCPT. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - Surface treatments are commonly applied to improve the chloride resistance of concrete structures exposed to saline environments. Information on chloride ingress to surface-treated concrete is mostly provided by application of the rapid chloride permeability test (RCPT); this test is short in duration and provides rapid results. This study presents a numerical formulation, based on the extended Nernst-Plank/Poisson (NPP) equation, to model the effect of the surface treatment on a sample tested by RCPT. Predictions of the model are compared to experimental measurements. The simulations show that the results from RCPT, in terms of ionic profiles and measurement of the electric field, are dependent on the effectiveness of surface treatments. During RCPT, highly effective surface treatments cause both cations and anions to flocculate at the interface between the surface treatment and the concrete, creating a local electric field. Our numerical model includes these phenomena and presents a methodology to obtain more accurate diffusivities of the surface-treated- concrete from RCPT. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/599908
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S025405841200507X
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84864666180&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.05.047
DO - 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.05.047
M3 - Article
SN - 0254-0584
VL - 135
SP - 699
EP - 708
JO - Materials Chemistry and Physics
JF - Materials Chemistry and Physics
IS - 2-3
ER -