Which risk increases when steel reinforcement within a pretensioned concrete beam corrodes?

💡 Explanation

When steel corrodes in pretensioned concrete, the corrosion products expand, creating internal pressure and causing concrete spalling because the expansive forces exceed the concrete's tensile strength. Therefore spalling results, rather than buckling, shear failure, or torsional cracking, which are caused by different loading conditions.

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