Deterioration rate diagnosis to global climatic change: The case of Dnipro Dam in Ukraine

Global climate change and increase of CO2 emissions have dramatically influenced the deterioration processes in concrete structures worldwide. Thus, increased rate of carbonisation-induced corrosion for long-operated concrete structures has become one of the most critical durability issues in recent years. Although significant research has been conducted on the development of comprehensive approaches for evaluating the carbonisation effect on remaining resource, the application of existing models to particular case studies and bridging the gap between theory and practice is still underexplored, which is the main motivation for this study. Existing carbonisation-induced numerical models are investigated and applied to this case study. Results demonstrate the criticality of structural deterioration in conditions of global climatic change and this highlights the need to account for environmental changes in design and practice.