Probabilistic approach to corrosion risk due to carbonation via an adaptive response surface method

A study about a probabilistic approach to corrosion risk of reinforcements embedded in concrete due to carbonation is presented. The carbonation model is based on a single non-linear diffusion equation of the carbon dioxide. A global balance relationship between the carbon dioxide partial pressure and the solid calcium content in the hydrates of concrete is used in order to express the sink term of the equation and to render the solving easily...