Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140103388

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140103388

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Aggressive corrosion of steel infrastructure in marine environments. Marine corrosion is known to be aggressive, but how aggressive it can be under long term exposures is the critical question for the safety and economics of much industrial infrastructure, including harbour, coastal and offshore oil industry facilities. Bacterial and microbiological activity is known to contribute. However, recent findings have observed very aggressive corrosion also under sterile and apparently benign conditions. No theory to explain these observations currently exists. A new hypothesis is proposed that in certain circumstances second-phase constituents of steels will facilitate autocatalytic corrosion under anoxic conditions. This project investigates the problem and explores mechanisms and conditions.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2014

End Date: 31-07-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $1,100,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Civil Engineering | Ship and Platform Structures | Infrastructure Engineering and Asset Management | Structural Engineering |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Oil and Gas Extraction | Civil Construction Design

Other Keywords

Civil Construction Design | Civil Engineering | Infrastructure Engineering and Asset Management | Oil and Gas Extraction | Ship and Platform Structures | Structural Engineering

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