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IJESD 2014 Vol.5(5): 491-495 ISSN: 2010-0264
DOI: 10.7763/IJESD.2014.V5.533
DOI: 10.7763/IJESD.2014.V5.533
Corrosion Health Monitoring System for Steel Ship Structures
P. K. Satheesh Babu, A. Mathiazhagan, and C. G. Nandakumar
Abstract—Corrosion represents one of the largest through
life cost component of ships. Ship owners and operators
recognize that combating corrosion significantly impacts the
vessels’ reliability, availability and through life costs. Primary
objective of this paper is to review various inspections,
monitoring systems and life cycle management with respect to
corrosion control of ships and to develop the concept of
“Corrosion Health” (CH) which would quantify the extent of
corrosion at any point of ships’ operational life. A system
approach in which the ship structure is considered as a
corrosion system and divided into several corrosion zones, with
distinct characteristics, is presented. Various corrosion
assessment criteria for assessment of corrosion condition are
listed. A CH rating system for representation of complex
corrosion condition with a numeric number along with
recommendations for repair/maintenance action is also
discussed.
Index Terms—Corrosion control of ships, corrosion health, corrosion of ship structure, marine corrosion, monitoring systems, ship inspections.
The authors are with the Dept. of Ship Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India (e-mail: pksatheeshbabu@yahoo.com, alagan@cusat@ac.in, nandu@cusat.ac.in).
Index Terms—Corrosion control of ships, corrosion health, corrosion of ship structure, marine corrosion, monitoring systems, ship inspections.
The authors are with the Dept. of Ship Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India (e-mail: pksatheeshbabu@yahoo.com, alagan@cusat@ac.in, nandu@cusat.ac.in).
Cite:P. K. Satheesh Babu, A. Mathiazhagan, and C. G. Nandakumar, "Corrosion Health Monitoring System for Steel Ship Structures," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 491-495, 2014.