Service life estimation of concrete infrastructures

Preliminary approach to bio-based surface healing of structural repair cement mortars

“…Two main causes of deterioration of reinforced concrete (RC) are: 1) the deterioration of the concrete itself, and 2) the corrosion of steel reinforcement [6]. It is obvious that cracks in the concrete play an active role in reinforcement bars corrosion, by enabling contact between the steel bars and water, which usually contains dissolved ions.…”