Technical Session - 2

Title:            Exposure Test of Weathering Steels in Ho Chi Minh City Marine Area
Authors:       Dang Dang Tung
Abstract:     Under appropriate atmospheric environments, weathering steels can be applied to steel structures without painting and can thereby reduce the life cycle cost of those structures. Corrosion factors such as airborne salt, humidity or time of wetness at planning location for construction of bridge can be known by observation of nature. However, amount of airborne salt, humidity or are influenced by location of bridge, clearance under bridge, distance from coastal line and so on. In this study, environmental factors were measured and an exposure tests were conducted in Ho Chi Minh City marine area in order to clarify the influence of environmental factors on the corrosion behaviour and applicability of weathering steels in Ho Chi Minh City marine area.

Keywords:  Weathering Steel, Exposure Test, Air-bone Salt, Corrosion Rate, Distance from Coastline.
Pages:        123-127

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