Increasing the service life of structures is of great importance for civil construction, either because of economic aspects or security ones to the users. Corrosion of reinforcement is one of the most recurring problems, especially in environments with high chloride content. One of the most effective alternatives to protect reinforcement against corrosion is the hot-dip galvanizing of steel bars, with the addition of a zinc coating that is consumed before steel entering in reaction, extending the service life of the structure. Nevertheless, this layer of zinc should not affect the adherence of rebars with concrete. In this paper, it was investigated this connection, establishing comparisons to unprotected reinforcement, with the analysis of three bar diameters, 8, 12.5 and 16mm through the bending test of beams, the procedure of Rilem, 1978 [1 ]. After statistical analysis, it was observed that there was no significant loss of adherence in any of the diameters, showing that the adherence between the concrete and the hot-dip galvanized steel is not lower than the steel without protection for these materials.
corrosion of reinforcement; hot-dip galvanization; adherence; bending test
