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Concrete protects the steel embedded until carbonation front or the chloride threshold reaches the rebar. Then a corrosion process develops. In present paper the corrosion process is analyzed from its onset a definition of which is given. The techniques for its measurement are described and also are given a model for the corrosion propagation period as well as some alternatives to assume a value of the corrosion rate, even based in the values of the concrete resistivity. Finally, the functions of relation between the corrosion and the structural consequences are commented.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the financing of the Ministry of Science and Innovation for the INGENIO 2010-CONSOLIDER Project on “Safety and Durability of Structures: SEDUREC”.
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Andrade, C. (2012). Corrosion Data Interpretation in Concrete Structures. In: Andrade, C., Gulikers, J. (eds) Advances in Modeling Concrete Service Life. RILEM Bookseries, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2703-8_1
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