Brain Cherry Papers

Steel reinforcement corrosion in concrete | Warren Green; Vinsi Partners

Organic Corrosion Inhibitors | Jessi Jackson Meyer; MCI

Organic Corrosion Inhibitors - Presentation by Jessi Jackson Meyer. This video is taken from the 2017 Brian Cherry Symposium.

New Zealand Experiences with Concrete Service Life Prediction Models: A Brief History

N. LeeOpus Research, Petone, New Zealand SUMMARY: As an island nation, much of New Zealand’s infrastructure and many of our metropolitan areas are in close proximity to the sea and reinforcement corrosion due to chloride ingress has long been presumed to present the primary threat to the longevity of reinforced concrete structures. This paper presents...

Modelling Durability of Reinforced Concrete Structures

R.E. Melchers Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability,The University of Newcastle, Australia SUMMARY:  Management of reinforced concrete assets increasingly relies on analytical models to predict the time to reinforcement corrosion, particularly to serious, damaging corrosion. Increasingly it is found that predictions by existing models for the onset of chloride-induced reinforcement corrosion do not compare well...

Concrete Road Bridges | Barry Wright; NZTA

Speaking as a "low tech client" Barry Wright takes us though the process of identification and remediation of bridges in New Zealand.

Organic corrosion inhibitors – new build and existing structures performance

Corrosion of embedded steel is a leading cause of deterioration in reinforced concrete structures.

Brian Cherry Paper Series

Over the next few weeks we will be publishing a series of digital papers collated from the 2017 Brian Cherry Forum. These papers are free to read for ACA members. Our first paper is "Up to Date Overview of Aspects of Steel Reinforcement Corrosion in Concrete" by Warren Green, Frank Collins and Maria Forsyth.

Predicting long-term durability of steel reinforced concrete with calcium nitrite corrosion inhibitor

N. S. Berke1, M. C. Hicks2 1Tourney Consulting Group, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 2Grace Construction Products, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Summary: Steel reinforced concrete is one of the most durable and cost-effective construction materials, but it can suffer in high chloride environments from corrosion due to chloride-induced breakdown of the normal passive layers protecting the steel. One...