:This study introduces the use of the combined impressed current cathodic protectionstructural strengthening (ICCP-SS) as a technique for repairing reinforced concrete (RC) structures that have been subjected to chloride-induced corrosion. The development of this technique is based on the combination of a carbon fiber mesh (CF-MESH) and a polymer-modified cementitious matrix to produce a carbon fiber reinforced cementitious matrix (C-FRCM). Firstly, the effects of different types and amounts of high molecular weight polymer and short chopped carbon fibers on the flexural and compressive strength, conductivity and shear strength of a matrix with concrete substrate were investigated in order to find the optimum ingredients required for a high-performance cementitious matrix. Secondly, a shaped CF-MESH was bonded onto the surface of a concrete cube using the aforementioned optimized cementitious matrix. The impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) technique was then applied to the specimens by using different current densities with the CF-MESH as the anode. During the Mei-ni SU 1 , Liangliang WEI 2 , Ji-Hua ZHU 3* , Tamon UEDA 4 , Guan-ping GUO 5 , Feng XING, "Combined Impressed Current Cathodic Protection and FRCM Strengthening for Corrosion-Prone Concrete Structures", Journal of composites for construction, ASCE, 23(4):04019021. protection period, the protection conditions of rebars subjected to ICCP were assessed by analyzing a variety of electrochemical parameters. Thirdly, single shear tests were conducted; the shear strengths and failure modes of the specimens were obtained and compared in order to evaluate the effects of the ICCP on shear stress transfer. The results show that the proposed technique based on the newly proposed C-FRCM composite is able to provide effective cathodic protection as well as shear stress transfer behavior to RC structures subjected to chloride-induced corrosion, leading to an improvement with respect to structural durability.
Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) is recognized as a promising anode material to prevent steel corrosion in reinforced concrete. However, the electrochemical performance of CFRP itself is unclear. This paper focuses on the understanding of electrochemical and mechanical properties of CFRP in an oxygen evolution environment by conducting accelerated polarization tests. Different amounts of current density were applied in polarization tests with various test durations, and feeding voltage and potential were measured. Afterwards, tensile tests were carried out to investigate the failure modes for the post-polarization CFRP specimens. Results show that CFRP specimens had two typical tensile-failure modes and had a stable anodic performance in an oxygen evolution environment. As such, CFRP can be potentially used as an anode material for impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) of reinforced concrete structures, besides the fact that CFRP can strengthen the structural properties of reinforced concrete.
The mechanical and electrochemical performance of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) were investigated regarding a novel improvement in the load-carrying capacity and durability of reinforced concrete structures by adopting CFRP as both a structural strengthener and an anode of the impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) system. The mechanical and anode performance of CFRP were investigated in an aqueous pore solution in which the electrolytes were available to the anode in a cured concrete structure. Accelerated polarization tests were designed with different test durations and various levels of applied currents in accordance with the international standard. The CFRP specimens were mechanically characterized after polarization. The measured feeding voltage and potential during the test period indicates CFRP have stable anode performance in a simulated pore solution. Two failure modes were observed through tensile testing. The tensile properties of the post-polarization CFRP specimens declined with an increased charge density. The CFRP demonstrated success as a structural strengthener and ICCP anode. We propose a mathematic model predicting the tensile strengths of CFRP with varied impressed charge densities.
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