| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8063767 | Ocean Engineering | 2016 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The longer-term serviceability and structural safety of steel infrastructure exposed to seawater conditions may be affected by global warming and by seawater nutrient pollution. These may affect abiotic and biotic (microbial) corrosion. A model for long-term corrosion is developed from data obtained from steel piling exposed for 33 years in a seawater harbour. The effects on corrosion losses on the structural reliability of steel sheet piling as used in harbours world-wide were investigated as a function of seawater temperature rise from global warming and of seawater nutrient pollution. The results show that structural reliability is more sensitive to likely nutrient pollution than to predicted increases in seawater temperature, noting also that global warming also could increase nutrient pollution from anthropological sources.
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Authors
Igor A. Chaves, Robert E. Melchers, Lizhengli Peng, Mark G. Stewart,