International Seminars of Frontiers in Materials Science UPM-CIE Moncloa: Assessment of corrosion in reinforced concrete structures subjected to chloride and carbonation by using a remote monitoring system

Assessment of corrosion in reinforced concrete structures subjected to chloride and carbonation by using a remote monitoring system

10/12/2014

Title: Assessment of corrosion in reinforced concrete structures subjected to chloride and carbonation by using a remote monitoring system

Date: Monday 15th December at 09:30

Place: The Seminar Room, 1 basement. E.T.S. Civil Engineering

Speaker: Willian Aperador Chaparro

Free admission

In this study, researchers designed and developed a remote monitoring equipment capable of obtaining the half-cell potentials reinforcing in steels immersed in concrete in order to assess the corrosion. These concretes were previously subjected to accelerated carbonation and chloride ion attacks.

The monitoring system is based on the regulation that determines the corrosion probability on the samples tested from 0% to 100%. This system allows its installation on site that, with the mobile network coverage, can remotely send information by text messages to start or stop the measurements. Results are stored on a local data logger in microSD cards, after that, this data is sent through General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) to a web server.



Further information and contact details:
Dr. José Ygnacio Pastor, Organizer and Coordinator Scientific
Department of Material Science. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
E.T.S. Civil Engineering, First Floor. Profesor Aranguren Road, E28040–Madrid
T. (+34) 913 366 684. F. (+34) 913 366 680. jypastor@mater.upm.es

Tag: Materials for the Future    Source: CEI Campus Moncloa

Event date:

15/12/2014