A free-boundary problem for concrete carbonation: front nucleation and rigorous justification of the t-law of propagation

DOI10.4171/IFB/299MaRDI QIDQ384170zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Toyohiko Aiki, Adrian Muntean

Publication date 26 November 2013

Published in Interfaces and Free Boundaries (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.3452

zbMATH Keywords

concrete carbonationfree-boundary problemintegral estimateslarge-time behavior

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35)

Abstract: We study a one-dimensional free-boundary problem describing the penetration of carbonation fronts (free reaction-triggered interfaces) in concrete. A couple of decades ago, it was observed experimentally that the penetration depth versus time curve (say $s(t)$ vs. $t$) behaves like $s(t)=Csqrtt$ for sufficiently large times $t>0$ (with $C$ a positive constant). Consequently, many fitting arguments solely based on this experimental law were used to predict the large-time behavior of carbonation fronts in real structures, a theoretical justification of the $sqrtt$-law being lacking until now. %This is the place where our paper contributes: The aim of this paper is to fill this gap by justifying rigorously the experimentally guessed asymptotic behavior. We have previously proven the upper bound $s(t)leq{C}^{\prime }sqrtt$ for some constant $C^{\prime }$; now we show the optimality of the rate by proving the right nontrivial lower estimate, i.e. there exists $$ such that $$. Additionally, we obtain weak solutions to the free-boundary problem for the case when the measure of the initial domain vanishes. In this way, our mathematical model is now allowing for the appearance of a moving carbonation front -- a scenario that until was hard to handle from the analysis point of view.

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Summary: We study a one-dimensional free-boundary problem describing the penetration of carbonation fronts (free reaction-triggered interfaces) in concrete. Using suitable integral estimates for the free boundary and involved concentrations, we reach a twofold aim: (1) We fill a fundamental gap by justifying rigorously the experimentally guessed \(\sqrt{t}\) asymptotic behavior. Previously we obtained the upper bound \(s(t)\leqslant C^{\prime}\sqrt{t}\) for some constant \(C^{\prime}\); now we show the optimality of the rate by proving the right nontrivial lower estimate, i.e. there exists \(C^{\prime\prime}>0\) such that \(s(t)\geqslant C^{\prime\prime}\sqrt{t}\). (2) We obtain weak solutions to the free-boundary problem for the case when the measure of the initial domain vanishes. In this way, we allow for the \textit{nucleation of the moving carbonation front} - a scenario that until now was open from the mathematical analysis point of view.

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