http://www.engineeringcivil.com Concrete Engineering More Entries Is the requirement of crack width limitation (<0.5mm) effective in controlling reinforcement corrosion?

n? In many standards and code of practice of many countries, the allowable size of crack width is normally limited to less than 0.5mm for reinforced concrete structure to enhance the durability of concrete. The limitation of crack width can serve the aesthetic reason on one hand and to achieve durability requirement by avoiding possible corrosion of steel reinforcement on the other hand. Regarding the latter objective, site surveys and experimental evidence do not seem to be in favor of the proposition. Beeby showed that there was no correlation between surface crack width (<0.5mm) and durability of reinforced concrete structure. In practice, most corrosion problems are triggered by the presence of surface cracks parallel to the reinforcement instead of surface cracks perpendicular to the reinforcement.
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What is the purpose of skin reinforcement for deep beams? In BS8110, it states that secondary reinforcement should be provided for beams exceeding 750mm deep at a distance measured 2/3 depth from the tension face. Experimental works revealed that at or close to mid-depth of deep beams, the maximum width of cracks arising from flexure may be about two to three times larger than the width of the same crack at the level of surface where the crack originally forms. The presence of crack is undesirable from aesthetic point of view. Moreover, it poses potential corrosion problems to reinforcement of deep beams. To safeguard against these crack formation, skin reinforcement is designed on the sides of deep beams to limit the formation of flexural crack widths. Though the principal function of skin reinforcement is to control crack width, it may be employed for providing bending resistance of the section.
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