Carbonic Gas Randomness Effect on Reinforced Concrete Carbonation

Azhar Badaoui, M’hammed Badaoui, Fattoum Kharchi

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DOI: 10.4236/eng.2012.41002                

Abstract

This paper deals the randomness effect of the pressure of carbonic gas on the carbonation phenomenon of the reinforced concrete. This analysis concentrates on the evaluation of carbonation depth (Xc) and the carbonation time (T1) which is the time necessary so that the face of carbonation arrives until the reinforcement from a probabilistic analysis. Monte Carlo simulations are realized under the assumption that the carbonic gas on the surface of the concrete is random variable with a log-normal probability distribution.

Keywords

Carbonation Depth; Carbonation Time; Lognormal Random Variable; Carbonic Gas CO2; Relative Humidity; Water/Cement Ratio

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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