The Surface Properties of Corrosion Specimens

2011 ◽  
Vol 255-260 ◽  
pp. 509-513
Author(s):  
Shan Hua Xu ◽  
Zheng Yi Kong ◽  
Chao Zhang

The characterstics of corrosion is important to asseess structure safety, however, because of the complexity of corrosion, it is hard to see papers anout it. In order to study the characterstics of corrosion specimen surface, two methods are used to obtain corrosion specimens, one method is constant temperature and humidity, the other is natural corrosion. Then roughness tester is used to detect the profile of corrosion specimen surface, and the surface characterization is analyzed by fractal theory. Through the experimnet, we find the law of power relationship between fractal dimension and the depth of localized corrosion, so it will help to solve the difficulty of safety assessment for in-service steel structure.

2010 ◽  
Vol 163-167 ◽  
pp. 3150-3155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Yi Kong ◽  
Shan Hua Xu

In this paper, the corrosion specimens are obtained by ways of constant temperature and humidity ,and the size of corrosion pits is detected by roughness tester. So surface characterization of steel corrosion is researched by fractal theory and it has been proved by structure function that it has the fractal character. It find that the fractal dimension is inherent and it will not change with the sample length. The result indicates that the fractal dimension is decreasing with the corrosion rate increasing. so it will help to solve the difficult of safety assessment for In-service steel structure.


2011 ◽  
Vol 255-260 ◽  
pp. 514-518
Author(s):  
Zheng Yi Kong ◽  
Shan Hua Xu ◽  
Yu Sheng Chen

Because of the complexity of corrosion, the law of uniform corrosion and localized corrosion is still not clear,so it is difficult to assess their impact on the structure safety. In order to differ them and find their own law, we obtain a lot of corrosion specimens by ways of constant temperature and humidity, and then detect the size of corrosion pits by roughness tester. After that, the method for calculating the thickness of uniform corrosion and localized corrosion is proposed. Then the method is used to analyze the experiment data. The result indicates the thickness of uniform corrosion and localized corrosion all increase with the rate of corrosion, and they all show a power relationship with corrosion rate, so it will provide a basis for distinguishing them in safety assessment.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 3919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoyu Jiang ◽  
Nanguo Jin ◽  
Hailong Ye ◽  
Ye Tian ◽  
Xianyu Jin ◽  
...  

In this work, the non-uniform corrosion characteristics of steel bars in stressed reinforced concrete beams after accelerated depassivation and seven-year outdoor natural corrosion is analyzed using fractal theory. 3D laser scanning and 3D reconstruction technology are applied to collect the cross-sectional area along the steel bars and obtain the corrosion curves. The non-uniformity of corrosion is analyzed by fractal dimensions which is calculated by variation method. The results indicate that the initial loading level and loading zone have some influence on non-uniform characteristics of steel bars. For an ordinary concrete beam, the increase of load can cause a reduction of fractal dimension of corrosion curves by 5%, which indicates the non-uniformity of corrosion will increase with the increase of load level. The fractal dimension in the bending zone is lower than that in the tension–shear zone, which indicates that corrosion is more non-uniform in bending zone. However, the loading level and loading zone have a slight influence on corrosion level, and the maximum difference of corrosion level caused by load is merely 0.23%. Furthermore, the corrosion level increases with the decrease of fractal dimension, suggesting that the non-uniformity of corrosion increases with the growth of corrosion level. The incorporation of slag powder can help reduce the non-uniformity of corrosion, but the influence on reduction of the corrosion level is about 0.25%. For concrete structures under marine environment, application of slag powder is a good method to slow down the corrosion and reduce the non-uniformity of corrosion.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Sun ◽  
Shun Liu ◽  
Sheng Zeng ◽  
Shanyong Wang ◽  
Shaoping Wang

AbstractTo investigate the influence of the fissure morphology on the dynamic mechanical properties of the rock and the crack propagation, a drop hammer impact test device was used to conduct impact failure tests on sandstones with different fissure numbers and fissure dips, simultaneously recorded the crack growth after each impact. The box fractal dimension is used to quantitatively analyze the dynamic change in the sandstone cracks and a fractal model of crack growth over time is established based on fractal theory. The results demonstrate that under impact test conditions of the same mass and different heights, the energy absorbed by sandstone accounts for about 26.7% of the gravitational potential energy. But at the same height and different mass, the energy absorbed by the sandstone accounts for about 68.6% of the total energy. As the fissure dip increases and the number of fissures increases, the dynamic peak stress and dynamic elastic modulus of the fractured sandstone gradually decrease. The fractal dimensions of crack evolution tend to increase with time as a whole and assume as a parabolic. Except for one fissure, 60° and 90° specimens, with the extension of time, the increase rate of fractal dimension is decreasing correspondingly.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 6808
Author(s):  
Gengbiao Chen ◽  
Zhiwen Liu

A colloidal damper (CD) can dissipate a significant amount of vibrations and impact energy owing to the interface power that is generated when it is used. It is of great practical significance to study the influence of the nanochannel structure of hydrophobic silica gel in the CD damping medium on the running speed of the CD. The fractal theory was applied to observe the characteristics of the micropore structure of the hydrophobic silica gel by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the primary particles were selected to carry out fractal analysis, and the two-dimensional fractal dimension of the pore area and the tortuous fractal dimension of the hydrophobic silica gel pore structure were calculated. The fractal percolation model of water in hydrophobic silica nanochannels based on the slip theory could thus be obtained. This model revealed the relationship between the micropore structure parameters of the silica gel and the running speed of the CD. The CD running speed increases with the addition of grafted molecules and the reduction in pore size of the silica gel particles. Continuous loading velocity testing of the CD loaded with hydrophobic silica gels with different pore structures was conducted. By comparing the experimental results with the calculation results of the fractal percolation model, it was determined that the fractal percolation model can better characterize the change trend of the CD running velocity for the first loading, but the fractal dimension was changed from the second loading, caused by the small amount of water retained in the nanochannel, leading to the failure of fractal characterization.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8554
Author(s):  
Zhen Li ◽  
Wanmin Zhao ◽  
Miaoyao Nie

This paper applies fractal theory to research of green space in megacity parks due to the lack of a sufficient qualitative description of the scale structure of park green space, a quantifiable evaluation system, and operable planning methods in traditional studies. Taking Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen as examples, GIS spatial analysis technology and the Zipf model are used to calculate the fractal dimension (q), the goodness of fit (R2), and the degree of difference (C) to deeply interpret the connotation of indicators and conduct a comparative analysis between cities to reveal fractal characteristics and laws. The research results show that (1) the fractal dimension is related to the complexity of the park green space system; (2) the fractal dimension characterizes the hierarchical iteration of the park green space to a certain extent and reflects the internal order of the scale distribution; (3) the scale distribution of green space in megacity parks deviates from the ideal pyramid configuration; and (4) there are various factors affecting the scale structure of park green space, such as natural base conditions, urban spatial structure, and the continuation of historical genes working together. On this basis, a series of targeted optimization strategies are proposed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 550-553 ◽  
pp. 2537-2540
Author(s):  
Hai Yan Gu ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
Lei Yu

The wavelet analysis and fractal theory into the analysis of hydrological time series, fluctuations in hydrological runoff sequence given the complexity of the measurement methods--- fractal dimension. The real monthly runoffs of 28 years from Songhua River basin in Harbin station are selected as research target. Wavelet transform combined with spectrum method is used to calculate the fractal dimension of runoff. Moreover, the result demonstrates that the runoff in Songhua River basin has the characteristic of self-similarity, and the complexity of runoff in the Songhua River basin in Harbin station is described quantificationally.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kan Ankang ◽  
Han Houde

Based on the fractal theory, the geometric structure inside an open cell polyurethane foam, which is widely used as adiabatic material, is illustrated. A simplified cell fractal model is created. In the model, the method of calculating the equivalent thermal conductivity of the porous foam is described and the fractal dimension is calculated. The mathematical formulas for the fractal equivalent thermal conductivity combined with gas and solid phase, for heat radiation equivalent thermal conductivity and for the total thermal conductivity, are deduced. However, the total effective heat flux is the summation of the heat conduction by the solid phase and the gas in pores, the radiation, and the convection between gas and solid phase. Fractal mathematical equation of effective thermal conductivity is derived with fractal dimension and vacancy porosity in the cell body. The calculated results have good agreement with the experimental data, and the difference is less than 5%. The main influencing factors are summarized. The research work is useful for the enhancement of adiabatic performance of foam materials and development of new materials.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 155892501801300
Author(s):  
Yunlong Shi ◽  
Liang Wang ◽  
Wenhuan Zhang ◽  
Xiaoming Qian

In this paper, thermal and wet comforts of silicone coated windbreaker shell jacket fabrics were studied. Both thermal insulation and evaporative resistance of fabric increased with an increase in coating area due to the barrier effect of the silicone coating layer. Moreover, the coated fabrics with self-similar structures showed different thermal insulation and evaporative resistance under the same total coating area. Fractal theory was used to explain this phenomenon. Optimal thermal-wet comfort properties were obtained when the fractal dimension (D=1.599) was close to the Golden Mean (1.618). When the fractal dimension of coating was lower than 1.599, fabric warmth retention was not high enough. In contrast, fabric evaporative resistance was beyond the value at which people would feel comfortable when the fractal dimension was greater than 1.599.


2018 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 03035
Author(s):  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Cuicui Ji ◽  
Yuntian Dai

The data transfer rate is the traditional criterion for evaluating the overall performance of a hard disk. In this paper, the data transmission performance of hard disk was characterized based on fractal theory. The traditional mechanical hard disks and solid state disks with different capacities and specifications were tested and the corresponding signal graph of data transfer was analysed for the calculation of fractal dimension D. The results indicate that the process of hard disk data transfer has fractal characteristics; the fractal dimension D increases with the increase of the average transfer rate and the rotating speed of mechanical hard disk. However, there seems no direct correspondence between the fractal dimension D and the capacity of the hard disk; the larger the floating range of data transmission, the greater value of fractal dimension D.


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