Head of the project: doc. Ing. Koteš Peter, PhD.              

Research team: prof. Ing. Vičan Josef, CSc., Ing. Hlinka Richard, PhD., doc. Ing. Odrobiňák Jaroslav, PhD., doc. Ing. Brodňan Miroslav, PhD., Ing. Strieška Miroslav, Ing. Vavruš Martin, PhD., Ing. Jančula Miroslav, PhD       

Duration: January 2018 – December 2020                             

The degradation of building materials by chemical or physicochemical action of the surrounding environment is an increasingly serious problem not only in Slovakia. The atmosphere is mainly polluted by industrial activity, which causes an increase in their corrosive aggressiveness. Damage to structural materials due to degradation factors (eg. corrosion processes) causes considerable reconstruction costs. For example, corrosion of reinforcement or structural steel is a major problem long-time faced by construction engineers dealing to maintenance of existing transport infrastructure. Preventing possible corrosion or rehabilitation of corrosion after-effects becomes an important part of maintenance of bridges and structures. The project is focused on study of corrosion characteristics of reinforced concrete structures and bridges and creation of corrosion maps. The is-situ measurements on real structures and small specimens for measurements in test chamber (rapid tests) are proposed to be used in project.