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The effects of seawater on the integrity of offshore structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

T. Hodgkiess
T. Hodgkiess
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Department of Mechanical Engineering,University of Glasgow
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This paper reviews the knowledge of deterioration processes which occur when steel and concrete structures are situated in seawater. The basic corrosion mechanisms of steel, together with possible methods of protection, are outlined briefly. With regard to coatings and cathodic protection, recent developments to counteract the increasingly severe conditions encountered by oil-production platforms in the North Sea, are discussed. Concrete structures usually provide a naturally-inhibitive internal environment to confer protection from corrosion to encased steel reinforcements, but mention is made of the possibilities of such protection becoming ineffective during long service in severe offshore conditions.

The basic features of corrosion fatigue are described in the light of recent research but some aspects, which are of great importance for the performance of steel structures, are shown to be not well documented or understood. Corrosion fatigue of concrete structures has not been studied extensively, a particularly neglected area being the elucidation of the fundamental mechanisms of deterioration.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 76 , Issue 1-3: Current Studies in the Marine Environment , 1978 , pp. 95 - 114
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1978

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