ABSTRACT
There are a number of factors which can influence the measurement of the corrosion rate of reinforcing steel in concrete structures This paper reports on the influence of concrete resistivity on the measured corrosion rate of reinforcing steel in cracked concrete and compares corrosion rate measurements obtained from a coulostatic monitoring device with gravimetric results taken after approximately 18 months of corrosion. The theoretical development and principles of the coulostatic method have been presented in a number of sources (Glass et al 1993, Rodriguez and Gonzalez 1994, Hassanein et al 1998).
