Optimizing Performance of Concrete Structures with Zinc Coat-ed Reinforcing Steel
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Martin Gagné
(The International Zinc Association, Durham, North Carolina)
Shannon Pole (The International Zinc Association, Durham, North Carolina) Frank E. Goodwin (The International Zinc Association, Durham, North Carolina) Gary Dallin (Galvinfo Centre, Burlington, Ontario, Canada) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Engineering the Future, Vancouver, Canada, 21-23 September 2017 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Vancouver 2017 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 850-856 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 7 | ||||
| Year: | 2017 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/vancouver.2017.0850 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Corrosion of reinforcing steel bar is a significant cause of concrete failure, caus- ing expensive repairs and premature structure replacements. Galvanizing provides proven cor- rosion protection for reinforcing steel significantly extending the life of concrete bridge struc- tures. Whether applied by the traditional batch hot dip process or the new continuous galvaniz- ing process, zinc coatings protect reinforcing steel both as a barrier coating and as a sacrificial anode. The properties of galvanized reinforcing steel and its contribution to improvement of concrete performance of bridges will be presented together with the status of related product standards. |
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| Keywords: |
corrosion galvanizing rebar Batch-hot-dip-galvanizing continuous hot-dip galvanizing Zinc-coatings reinforcing-steel concrete-failure
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