The Impact of Corrosion on the Seismic Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers

Alessandro Rasulo*, Angelo Pelle, Giuseppe Quaranta, Davide Lavorato, Gabriele Fiorentino, Camillo Nuti, Bruno Briseghella

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Abstract

Reinforced Concrete (RC) bridges are a key elements for any transportation network, so that their safety and serviceability is of crucial importance especially after the occurrence of a seismic event. Frequently, RC bridges are exposed to the action of aggressive chemicals, such as in marine or in cold climate environments, for the presence of chloride ions, either due to the salty water or the use of deicing salt. Generally those aggressive environmental actions affect the steel rebars inducing corrosion phenomena with a degradation the mechanical properties of reinforcement. In this paper some modeling issues related to corroded RC piers are presented and discussed, with particular emphasis to their seismic assessment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021 - 21st International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsOsvaldo Gervasi, Beniamino Murgante, Sanjay Misra, Chiara Garau, Ivan Blecic, David Taniar, Bernady O. Apduhan, Ana Maria Rocha, Eufemia Tarantino, Carmelo Maria Torre
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages718-725
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783030869595
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event21st International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 13 Sept 202116 Sept 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12950 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period13/09/2116/09/21

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Keywords

  • Bridges
  • Earthquake engineering
  • Rebar corrosion
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Seismic assessment

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