Research Article

Carbonation Characteristics and Bearing Capacity Attenuation of Loaded RC Beam Coupled with Chloride Erosion

Table 3

Carbonation depths of partial specimens after carbonizing for 28 days under different corrosion conditions.

Specimen numberStress at beam bottom (MPa)d1 (mm)d2 (mm)Δd = d2 − d1 (mm)δ = Δd/d1 (%)

SP1-40/5011.28.2−3.0−26.8
SP4-3-40/500.5ft4.73.9−0.8−17.0
SP4-2-40/500.3ft4.63.8−0.8−17.4
SP2-40/5004.53.6−0.9−20.0
SP5-2-40/500.15fc3.93−0.9−23.0
SP3-1-40/500.3fc3.82.9−0.9−23.7
SP3-2-40/500.5fc3.52.6−0.9−25.7
SP3-3-40/500.7fc3.32.4−0.9−27.3

Note. d1 and d2 are the carbonation depths of the specimens with concrete grades of C40 and C50, respectively.