Contribuição à análise da perspectiva de vida útil de estruturas em concreto face ao teor de cloreto registrado em Maceió-AL.

Abstract

The action of chlorine in concrete structures of sea coastal cities has been the focus of research data due to its importance in the context of durability guarantee. It has been studied the production mechanisms of the ion chlorine, its deposition on the concrete surface and, eventually, its pathological action. From these data, several norms indicate protection measures to be specified by the projectors, minimizing the percolation of this ion through the cover layer of the concrete. In spite of the present Brazilian norm of planning concrete structures9 indicates classes of environmental aggressiveness to the concrete structures in coast areas, it does not correlate any content or deposition rate of chlorine, making clear the existence of a normative gap. This work exposes the fulfillment of bibliographical research related to the production of the ion chlorine, its transportation and deposition mechanisms on the surface of concrete structures; an experimental field and laboratorial study catching the chlorine at points located in the city of Maceió, from the shore to the coastal table lowlands10. To quantify the ion content, the Mohr s method11 was used. It could be seen an increase in the levels of chlorine deposition in places situated close to shore and a decrease when going further into the continent, being the chlorine found 14 km off the coast. From these results, it was evaluated the perspective of useful life of concrete structures located at each point of collecting, making use of several normative specifications12. The results show that there was a significant gain of useful life when using the criteria of the American norm for structures located in the splashing tide areas, while the Brazilian norm is that which presents smaller projection of useful life in the sea coast areas.