• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.16 no.4 s.71
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• pp.415-423
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• 2004

To investigate the long-term corrosion resistance of an uncoated weathering steel, an important outdoor constructional steel material, skyward surfaces of the weathering steel and a control steel initially exposed to rural and industrial atmospheres for 9 years were electrochemically tested in neutral artificial rain in terms of electrochemical potentials, impedances, and anodic potentiodynamic polarization curves. Their results were then discussed. A quite passive and stable rust layer to the artificial rain was well formed on the skyward surface of the weathering steel exposed to the industrial and rural atmospheres, and its corrosion rate in the artificial rain was measured to be about a low $3{{\mu}m}/y$. Continuous immersion of all the weathered surfaces in the artificial rain revealed the gradual degradation of the weathered corrosion layers on the steel, resulting in a cathodically controlled corrosion of the substrate steel by the electrochemical measurements. Alloy components of the weathering steel were found to retard the degradation of the weathered corrosion layers on the steel in the artificial rain. For better corrosion evaluation of the weathering steel, more electrochemical measurements of surfaces that have been exposed for more than 9 years to more closely simulated atmospheric waters are needed. These measurements are almost non-destructive and can provide online and in situ information on the corrosion rate, the development of corrosion and the conditions of rust layers on any interested surface and at any exposure time of the steel, so they can be effectively applicable to the corrosion evaluation of steel structures such as bridges, towers, and architectures by forming an electrochemical cell on an interested structural surface and by using a portable electrochemical instrument.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.2A
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• pp.293-300
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• 2006

There is a high degree of uncertainty in measurements of the thickness or the loss of thickness of corroded elements. Generally the thickness of corroded elements varies from one location of the element to another depending on the degree of corrosion, which makes the safety assessment difficult. Therefore, a procedure for safety assessment of corrosion- damaged steel structures using an imprecise reliability is proposed in this paper. The proposed safety assessment procedure using the imprecise reliability was also applied to a cable-stayed bridge in Korea to demonstrate its effectiveness and applicability. Since there is a large variation in measurements of the thickness of corroded elements, the thickness of corroded elements was considered as the imprecise element. This variation was found to be directly related to the degree of corrosion. Therefore, the variation increases as the degree of corrosion increases. Based on the comparative observations between the conventional reliability and the imprecise reliability, it is suggested that the imprecise reliability analysis derived based on the subjective or statistical judgment of conditional independence could be successfully utilized for the risk or safety assessment of corrosion-damaged structures.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05c
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• pp.133-138
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• 1996

원자로의 중기발생기 재료로 사용되어온 Alloy 600에서의 규칙 반응에 대한 활성화 에너지 측정, aging에 따른 미세조직의 변화에 근거하여 입계 응력 부식 균열 기구를 검토하였다. Alloy 600에서는 약 50$0^{\circ}C$ 이하의 온도에서 aging 처리중 단범위 규칙 상의 존재 및 규칙 반응의 존재가 입증된 바 있다. 규칙 반응의 본성이 열적활성화 과정에 의한 것이라는 점, 규칙 반응에 대한 활성화 에너지의 크기와 입계응력부식균열의 활성화 에너지와의 유사성, 규칙 반응에 의한 쌍정의 형성, 쌍정의 형성에 기인한 결정내의 추가적 응력의 발생 등에 근거하여 Alloy 600에서 나타나는 입계응력부식균열 현상이 규칙 상의 형성과 관련되어 있음을 제안하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.116-116
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• 2011

AZ31과 AZ80의 마그네슘합금 소재를 이용하여 분극곡선과 전기화학적 임피던스를 측정하였고, 다른 금속과 접촉하여 대기환경에 노출시킨 부식시험을 하였다. 그 결과 AZ31보다는 AZ80의 부식저항이 더 큰 것을 확인할 수 있었고, 마그네슘 모재가 이종금속과 접촉된 상황에서 Cu>Fe>Al의 접촉재 순으로 부식이 진행되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05b
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• pp.104-109
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• 1997

인코넬600 합금을 열처리상태 및 변형속도등이 서로 다른 응력부식균열(SCC) 발생 조건하에서 정변형속도 시험법으로 인장시켜 그때 발생되는 AE신호와 부식전류를 측정하여 균열거동과 비교하므로서 SCC 발생 및 진전을 AE로서 적절히 탐지할 수 있는가를 연구하였다. 그 결과 SCC. 연성파괴 및 기계적인 변형에서 발생되는 AE는 amplitude 준위에 의해 식별가능하며, 이것은 AE amplitude 준위가 AE발생원을 식별할 수 있는 중요한 변수가 될 수 있음을 의미한다. 또한 AE 발생시점과 전기 화학적 전류변동이 들 일치하는 것으로 나타나 입계응력부식 균열 진전이 AE에 의해 적절히 탐지될 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

• 대한치과보철학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.70-70
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• 2000

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.978-980
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• 2005

자기 누설 탐상(Magnetic Flux Leakage : MFL) 시스템은 비파괴 검사의 한 방법으로 검사 대상 물체를 적절히 포화시켜 부식이나 결함 부위에서의 누설 자속을 측정하여 결함의 유 무와 크기를 판단하는 방법이다. 대부분 가스관과 가스관을 연결하는 방법으로 용접을 가장 많이 사용하고 있으며 용접부위에서 부식이 가장 많이 발생하고 있다. 용접으로 인해 발생하는 자기 누설신호는 부식신호에 많은 영향을 미친다. 따라서 본 연구는 용접신호가 부식 신호에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위해 가스관의 용접과 부식과의 거리에 따른 자기누설을 해석하고, 분석하였다. 또한 용접에 의해 왜곡된 부식신호를 보정하고, 판정을 위한 방법을 제시하였다.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.23 no.7
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• pp.16-24
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• 2019

The corrosion amounts of steel structures can be different depending on their installation condition and height. Thus, their corrosion maintenance should be considered depending on installation conditions of local structural members. In this study, an atmospheric exposure test was conducted to evaluate the corrosion amount and the corrosion rate depending on the installation condition and height of a steel water gate using monitoring steel plates and corrosion environment measuring sensors. The mean corrosion depth was evaluated using the weight loss method and the galvanic corrosion current was measured by corrosion environment measuring sensors. Local corrosion rate of local structural member in steel water gate was estimated using measured mean corrosion depths and galvanic corrosion currents. From this measurement results, the corrosion damage in horizontal member of the cross beam was highly evaluated than those of other structural member as skin plate, etc. The relative difference in the corrosion rate of a local structural member could be highly affected by local corrosion environments of steel water gate members. Therefore, an appropriate maintenance method should be considered for local corrosion damages of local structural members determined by local corrosion environments of a steel water gate.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.681-686
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• 2017

Degradation is commonly observed in field-aged PV modules due to corrosion of the photovoltaic ribbon. The reduced performance is caused by a loss of fill factor due to the high series resistance in the PV ribbon. This study aimed to mitigate the degradation by corrosion using five sacrificial anodes - Al, Zn and their alloys - to identify the most effective material to mitigate the corrosion of the PV ribbon. The corrosion behavior of the five sacrificial anode materials were examined by open circuit potential measurements, potentiodynamic polarization tests, and galvanic current density and potential measurements using a zero resistance ammeter. Immersion tests for 120 hours were also conducted using materials and damp heat test tests were performed for 1500 hours using 4 cell mini modules. The Al-3Mg and Al-3Zn-1Mg sacrificial anodes had a low corrosion rate and reduced drop in power, making then suitable for long-term use.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.13 no.1 s.53
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• pp.97-105
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• 2009

Development and use of blended cement concrete is gaining more importance in the construction industry with reference to durability mainly due to the pore refinement and reduction in permeability. Cracks play a major role on important parameters like permeability, rate of chloride ingress, compressive strength and thus affect the reinforcement corrosion protection. Furthermore, when a crack occurs in the cover concrete, the corrosion of the steel reinforcement may be accelerated because the deterioration causing factors can pass through the crack. In recent years the effect of cracking on the penetration of concrete has been the subject of numerous investigations. Therefore assessing the service life using blended concrete becomes obviously in considering the durability. In the present study, the corrosion assessment of composite concrete beams with and without crack with of 0.3mm using OPC, 30% PFA, 60% GGBS, 10% SF was performed using half cell potential measurement, galvanic potential measurement, mass loss of steel over a period of 60days under marine environmental conditions and the results were discussed in detail.