Experimental Determination Of Chloride Threshold Values For Reinforcement Corrosion In Concrete: Experiences Form The Lab

The reliability of all commonly used service life models for chloride exposed concrete structures is highly dependent on the applied input parameters of the models, e.g. the chloride threshold value for initiation of reinforcement corrosion. Since 2011, a number of different experiments have been conducted at Danish Technological Institute with the main purpose of developing an accelerated in-lab test method for determination of chloride threshold values. In this paper we report on our experiences from the experimental work.