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<jats:p>Reinforced concrete is a versatile, economical and successful construction material. Usually, it is durable and resistant material, performing well throughout its service life. However, sometimes it does not perform adequately as it is expected. It is due to poor design, construction, inadequate materials selection and more severe environment than anticipated or a combination of those factors [1, . The reinforcement corrosion is the phenomenon that highly affects the reliability and durability of reinforced concrete structures. From that reason, a lot of researchers in Slovakia and in the world pay their attention to reinforcement corrosion. The paper is concerned with detection and simulation of corrosion of steel reinforcement in the reinforced concrete. The cracking response of the reinforced concrete beams due to the corrosion effect of the steel reinforcement was analyzed. The effect of corrosion was simulated by the nonlinear numerical analysis using the program ATENA.</jats:p>