Time-Dependent and Stress-Dependent Chloride Diffusivity of Concrete Subjected to Sustained Compressive Loading

AbstractThis paper studies the chloride diffusivity of concrete subjected to long-term exposure in a simulated marine environment with sustained compressive loading for up to 224 days. A series of concrete prisms were loaded under five different compressive stress levels (0, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7fc) and were subjected to different numbers (4, 8, 12, and 16) of wet/dry seawater exposure cycles. At the end of each exposure period, the concrete specimens were analyzed to determine their chloride penetration profile, the apparent chloride diffusion coefficient Da of the concrete, and the surface chloride content Cs. It was found that the Da and Cs values are both time and stress dependent and that these two dependencies have complex interactions. The value of Da decreases with time due to the hydration of the cement matrix, whereas the value of Cs increases over time. The effects of compressive stress on the values of Da and Cs strongly depend upon the applied stress level, which has a threshold value at app...

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