Numerical simulation of rebar corrosion in track bed of shield tunnel under stray current

Abstract

Track bed is the important support structure at the bottom of shield tunnel, during metro operation, the leakage of stray current will lead to corrosion of rebar in the track bed, which will affect the safe operation of metro. In this paper, the corrosion calculation model of track bed rebar under stray current is established, and the effects of stray current input mode and concrete resistivity on the corrosion rate of track bed rebar are studied. The result shows the corrosion rate of track bed rebar decreases nonlinearly with the increase of concrete resistivity, and the reduction gradient of corrosion rate in bilateral input mode is greater than that in unilateral input mode. With the decrease of concrete resistance, the corrosion area will cover the left half in unilateral input mode and cover both ends of track bed rebar in bilateral input mode. When the input point voltage increases by 40%, the corrosion current density in the middle of track bed will increase by about 61%.