Predicting Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation Behavior of HRB400 Steel Bars in Simulated Corrosive Environments
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 33, Issue 6
Abstract
This paper systematically performed fatigue crack propagation (FCP) tests to investigate the corrosion fatigue crack propagation (CFCP) behavior of HRB400 steel bar. The fatigue loading scheme involved the constant amplitude loading and stepwise decreasing amplitude loading. The load ratio, the ratio of the minimum load to the maximum load, was designed as 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7. The test environments included air, pure water, 3.5% NaCl solution, and an electrolytic erosive environment. The FCP rate and threshold stress intensity under the test conditions were obtained and compared. An empirical model for predicting the CFCP rate was proposed, where the influences of load ratio and environment type were incorporated. The proposed model was validated using the test results. The results showed that the CFCP behavior of the rebar showed the feature of true corrosion fatigue. Increasing the environmental erosion level and load ratio increased the FCP rate and decreased the threshold stress intensity, indicating that the steel bar’s resistance to fatigue crack growth decreased. The predictions of the proposed model agreed well with the test data. This paper provided experimental and theoretical references for the corrosion fatigue life prediction of concrete structures.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available from the corresponding author by request, such as the fatigue crack propagation rate and threshold stress intensity range of the steel bars.
Acknowledgments
This study obtains the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51778068, and 51508036), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2019JJ30024), the Special Funds for the Construction of Innovative Provinces in Hunan Province of China (2019RS2035, and 2019SK2171), and the Training Program for Excellent Young Innovators of Changsha (kq1802012). The support is gratefully acknowledged.
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Received: Jul 29, 2020
Accepted: Nov 19, 2020
Published online: Mar 31, 2021
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