- Title
- Life-cycle cost assessment of climate change adaptation measures to minimise carbonation-induced corrosion risks
- Creator
- Stewart, Mark G.; Peng, Jianxin
- Relation
- International Journal of Engineering Under Uncertainty: Hazards, Assessment and Mitigation Vol. 2, Issue 1-2, p. 35-46
- Relation
- http://www.serialspublications.com/journals1.asp?jid=453
- Publisher
- Serials Publications
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- The paper describes a reliability-based approach that predicts the probability of corrosion initiation and damage (severe cracking) for RC structures subjected to corrosion resulting from concrete carbonation when atmospheric CO₂ concentration and temperature increases with time over the next 100 years based on the latest IPCC report for climate change. Increasing design cover is a suggested climate change adaptation strategy. A life-cycle cost analysis is then conducted that considers costs associated with extra design cover and expected maintenance/repairs for typical RC structures and elements over the next 100 years considering several IPCC atmospheric CO₂ emission scenarios. If the proposed increases in design cover produce a minimum life-cycle cost then increasing design cover will be a costeffective measure to mitigate the effects of carbonation-induced corrosion damage. It was found that life-cycle costs for the current situation (‘do nothing’ – use existing covers) are lower than life-cycle costs for proposed increases in design cover. This suggests that although enhanced greenhouse conditions will lead to increased carbonation-induced corrosion of RC structures it may not be cost-effective to increase design covers.
- Subject
- climate change; corrosion; climate adaptation; risk; cost-benefit analysis
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/808531
- Identifier
- uon:7681
- Identifier
- ISSN:0975-4806
- Language
- eng
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