The steel–concrete interface | Materials and Structures

This website contains a research article published in the journal Materials and Structures. The article focuses on the steel-concrete interface (SCI) and its influence on the durability of reinforced concrete. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of possible local characteristics at the SCI, review available information regarding their properties and occurrence in engineering structures and laboratories, and suggest a systematic approach for describing the interface. They emphasize the significant spatial inhomogeneity of the SCI and highlight key differences between laboratory specimens and real-world engineering structures. The article concludes with recommendations for further research to better understand the SCI and its impact on the corrosion performance of concrete structures.