Corrosion of Steel in Concrete Structures

Dr. Amir Poursaee is an Associate Professor in the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Clemson University, USA. He received his BS in Materials Engineering from the University of Tehran and his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada. His primary areas of research include corrosion and electrochemical behaviors of metals, specifically steel bars in reinforced concrete structures, concrete materials, structural health monitoring, and nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques. Prior to joining Clemson University, Dr. Poursaee worked as research assistant professor at Purdue University for three years and as senior engineer for more than ten years in different fields of materials engineering including corrosion, quality control, NDE and failure analysis. In 2018, he received the prestigious Humboldt fellowship for experienced researchers in recognition of his scientific work. It enabled him to spend a year in the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH (MPIE) in Dusseldorf, Germany, and conduct research related to corrosion. He is a registered professional engineer in Ontario, Canada, and serves as a member of the editorial board of the Advances in Civil Engineering Materials (ACEM) journal, published by the ASTM.

• 1. An introduction to corrosion of engineering materials2. Principles of corrosion of steel in concrete structures3. Concrete permeability and chloride diffusion4. Chloride threshold value5. Corrosion of prestress and post-tension reinforced-concrete bridges6. Corrosion of stainless steel in concrete7. Corrosion of epoxy-coated steel in concrete8. Galvanized steel reinforcement: Recent developments and future opportunities9. Influence of steel microstructure on its corrosion in concrete10. Effect of different concrete materials on the corrosion of the embedded reinforcing steel11. Effect of using recycled materials in concrete on the corrosion of the steel bars12. Corrosion measurement and evaluation techniques of steel in concrete structures13. Corrosion monitoring techniques14. Acoustic emission monitoring for corrosion damage detection and classification15. Corrosion detection devices16. Corrosion protection methods of steel in concrete17. Modeling corrosion of steel in concrete18. Future trends in research on reinforcement corrosion