Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160101908

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160101908

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Long-term corrosion of offshore steel structures in near-stagnant seawater. This project investigates the seawater corrosion of structural steels under near-stagnant and possibly polluted conditions. Better understanding of long-term corrosion of structural steels in near-stagnant seawaters is needed to predict the safety of steel offshore structures such as the pods supporting wind and wave energy generators. Also, the expensive maintenance of protective coatings and systems could be obviated or reduced if corrosion remains acceptable. This project plans to investigate experimentally the temporal development and stochastic nature of general corrosion and pitting for steels under actual near-stagnant seawater conditions. It also plans to build mathematical-probabilistic models for corrosion prediction, calibrated to field data. These models will include allowance for microbiological corrosion effects, important under anthropological pollution.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2016

End Date: 30-04-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $690,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Civil Engineering | Ship and Platform Structures | Structural Engineering | Metals and Alloy Materials |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Wind Energy | Civil Construction Design

Other Keywords

Civil Construction Design | Civil Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Metals and Alloy Materials | Ship and Platform Structures | Structural Engineering | Wind Energy

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