Diffusion of chloride from seawater into the concrete analysis: a literature review on implemented approaches

Abstract

Abstract Infrastructures near the sea, such as ports, offshore platforms, bridges, and coastal buildings, are affected by seawater due to the coastal region. Chloride, contained in seawater, causes a decrease in the strength and durability of the concrete. Some researchers have published a paper on analyzing the penetration of chloride ions into concrete under different coastal environments and predicted chloride diffusion in concrete with computational modeling. This paper aims to review the existing literature related to various laboratory work tests and analytical methods in evaluating the diffusion of chloride from seawater into concrete. A set of forty papers were collected and reviewed that were published from 2011 until 2020 for studying. The review showed that chloride diffusion was a complex process and affected by many factors such as material properties, curing time, immersion/exposure time, and environmental conditions. Various experimental methods in the Laboratory were conducted using concrete specimens made from various materials in the exposed and submerged conditions. Researches in the field were carried out on existing structures with a certain building age using non-destructive testing. Meanwhile, the analytical methods applied simple equations and numerical simulation computational software.