Reinforced concrete corrosion

<body background="../_themes/indust/indtextb.jpg" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" text="#000000" link="#3366CC" vlink="#666666" alink="#990000"><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica"> <p> </p> <p align="left"><b><font size="4" face="Arial" color="#663300">Corrosion of Reinforced Concrete</font></b></p> <p>Contrary to common belief, concrete itself is a complex composite material. It has low strength when loaded in tension and hence it is common practice to reinforce concrete with <a href="../MatSelect/corrsteel.htm">steel</a>, for improved tensile mechanical properties. Concrete structures such as bridges, buildings, elevated highways, tunnels, parking garages, offshore oil platforms, piers and dam walls all contain reinforcing steel (rebar). The principal cause of degradation of steel reinforced structures is corrosion damage to the rebar embedded in the concrete ... and much more!!</p> <p>If you are viewing this text, your browser lacks the ability to read frames. Don't worry, you can still enjoy our site. All the pages can be viewed from contents page. Please come inside!</p> <p><a href="frconten.htm">Module Contents</a></p> <p> </p> </font></body>