TY - JOUR
T1 - Finite Element Reliability Analysis of Chloride Ingress into Reinforced Concrete Structures
AU - Frier, Christian
AU - Sørensen, John Dalsgaard
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - For many reinforced concrete structures corrosion of the reinforcement is an important problem since it can result in maintenance and repair actions. Further, a reduction of the load-bearing capacity can occur. In the present paper the Finite Element Reliability Method (FERM) is employed for obtaining the probability of exceeding a critical chloride concentration level at the reinforcement bars, both using Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) and the First Order Reliability Method (FORM). The chloride ingress is modelled by the Finite Element Method (FEM) and the diffusion coefficient, surface chloride concentration and reinforcement cover depth are modelled by stochastic fields, which are discretized using the Expansion Optimum Linear Estimation (EOLE) approach. The response gradients needed for FORM analysis are derived analytically using the Direct Differentiation Method (DDM). As an example, a bridge pier in a marine environment is considered and the results are given in terms of distributions of time for initiation of corrosion.
AB - For many reinforced concrete structures corrosion of the reinforcement is an important problem since it can result in maintenance and repair actions. Further, a reduction of the load-bearing capacity can occur. In the present paper the Finite Element Reliability Method (FERM) is employed for obtaining the probability of exceeding a critical chloride concentration level at the reinforcement bars, both using Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) and the First Order Reliability Method (FORM). The chloride ingress is modelled by the Finite Element Method (FEM) and the diffusion coefficient, surface chloride concentration and reinforcement cover depth are modelled by stochastic fields, which are discretized using the Expansion Optimum Linear Estimation (EOLE) approach. The response gradients needed for FORM analysis are derived analytically using the Direct Differentiation Method (DDM). As an example, a bridge pier in a marine environment is considered and the results are given in terms of distributions of time for initiation of corrosion.
KW - Chloride ingress
KW - Finite element reliability analysis
KW - Random fields
KW - Monte Carlo simulation
KW - First order reliability theory
KW - Chloride ingress
KW - Finite element reliability
KW - Random fields
KW - Monte Carlo simulation
KW - First order reliability theory
U2 - 10.1080/15732470600557688
DO - 10.1080/15732470600557688
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1573-2479
VL - 3
SP - 355
EP - 366
JO - Structure & Infrastructure Engineering
JF - Structure & Infrastructure Engineering
IS - 4
ER -