Abstract
The impact of climate change on ambient temperature and relative humidity along with the present CO2 levels are speeding the corrosion process of reinforced concrete structures. The alarming cost of the associated reduction of the service life of structures, which is estimated to cost 3% to 4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of industrialized countries, has put the spotlight on the importance of introducing the issue of climate change on the new generation of Eurocodes. Amongst the strategies to tackle the problem, design-phase measures seem not to be always cost- effective, nevertheless, measures during service-life are generally the most expensive. This paper discusses the potential strategies to be addressed by structural codes to tackle the problem of climate change-induced corrosion, considering aspects such as the cost-benefit analysis, viability, and the large uncertainty involved in climate change evolution.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the IABSE Congress Christchurch 2020 |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group |
Pages | 1064-1070 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-429-27911-9 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-0-367-23278-8 |
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Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Event | IABSE Congress 2020: Resilient technologies for sustainable infrastructure - Virtual event, New Zealand Duration: 3 Feb 2021 → 5 Feb 2021 https://iabse.org/Christchurch2020 |
Conference
Conference | IABSE Congress 2020 |
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Abbreviated title | IABSE 2021 |
Country/Territory | New Zealand |
Period | 3/02/21 → 5/02/21 |
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Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Keywords
- Climate change
- Resilience
- Corrosion
- Structural codes