Corrosion causes a degradation of the structural integrity of petrochemical plants, nuclear power plants, ships, bridges and other constructions containing steel with the 29 consequence that people and the environment may be exposed to dangerous situations. The detection of corrosion and the prediction of the type of corrosion are studied in this 31 article by means of the acoustic emission tec...

Over the last decade, there has been an increasing interest in models for the evaluation and prediction of the condition of bridges in Canada due to their large number in an advanced state of deterioration. The models are used to develop optimal maintenance and replacement strategies to extend service life and optimally allocate financial and technical resources. The main process of deteriorati...

Introduction Reliable estimates indicate that corrosion of metals costs the US economy almost $300 billion per year or about 4% of the GNP. Corrosion is a pervasive problem that affects almost all sectors of the economy including transportation (bridges, automobiles, aircraft, ships, pipelines, etc.), energy (power plants, petrochemical industries etc.) and defense (naval applications, aging ai...

Magnesium alloy is a potential biodegradable metallic material characterized by bone-like elastic modulus, which has great application prospects in medical, automotive, and aerospace industries owing to its biocompatibility, lightweight properties. However, the rapid corrosion rates of magnesium alloys seriously limit their applications. This study collected alloys’ data developed model predict...

The corrosion protection of petroleum storage tank is important for safety work in petroleum depot. Precise prediction of soleplate corrosion may reflect the security state of a storage tank, and it can provide scientific references to the anti-corrosion and maintenance in safety management. Grey Model GM (1,1) in the Grey Theory is a good prediction method based on small volume of original dat...

This technical note presents and evaluates a simple approach for estimating the degradation of bridge decks caused by chlorideinduced corrosion degradation. This approach uses the Monte Carlo method and combines a local deterministic mechanics-based model for predicting surface cracking time and a global probabilistic model for predicting a degradation curve by using random variables. The predi...

Erosion, corrosion, and erosion-corrosion are common problems in offshore pipelines, tubing and pipe fittings. Corrosion has an important impact on the total cost of oil and gas production. Considering the diversity of corrosion related problems, CO2 corrosion (sweet corrosion) is probably the material degradation mechanism most extensively assessed in this industry over the last 30 years. In t...

Artificial Neural Network (ANN) design has long been a complex problem because its performance depends heavily on the network topology and algorithm to train the set of synaptic weights. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) has been the favored optimization algorithm to complement ANN, but a thorough literature study has shown that there are gaps with current approaches which integrate PSO with AN...

A theoretical carbon dioxide (CO2) corrosion model was used to conduct numerical experiments, which allowed total insight into the underlying physicochemical processes. The focus was on factors influencing protective iron carbonate film formation and the effect that these films have on the CO2 corrosion process. It was confirmed that high bulk pH, high temperature, high partial pressure of CO2,...

statement of problem: many attempts have been made in order to evaluate the amalgam corrosion behavior as an indicator of biocompatibility. purpose: the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the initial corrosion of four different brands of dental amalgams. materials and methods: four different types of commercial high copper dental amalgam were studied. a special mold was used and twen...