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Thèse doctorat : Matériaux : Villeurbanne, INSA : 2008. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr. p. 190-203.

Reproduction de : Thèse de doctorat : Mécanique des solides, des matériaux, des structures et des surfaces : Poitiers : 2008. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr. 200 réf.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wyoming, 2007. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 22, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Corrosion presents one of the greatest threats to the durability of reinforced concrete structures, yet it is also one of the least understood components of the design process for most engineers. The nation's infrastructure is rapidly deteriorating due to years of abuse and fatigue. Therefore, several economic and reliable solutions have been developed to repair the existing damage and extend the design life of structures at risk of corrosion. One popular method for protecting concrete structures from corrosion is the use of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) composite wraps. The premise is a simple one: placing an impermeable barrier around the surface of the concrete should prevent harmful substances such as chlorides from entering and corroding the imbedded reinforcing steel. However, little is known about the long-term effectiveness in preventing corrosion in reinforced concrete structures. The FRP wrap may in fact prevent the chlorides from passing through the concrete, however, the same principle might cause chlorides to be trapped beneath the surface and accelerate corrosion. In this study, the long-term behavior of laboratory specimens exposed to an aggressive chloride-rich environment were examined. This project was designed to develop a greater understanding of the long-term effects of FRP wrapping in preventing corrosion in reinforced concrete structures. Although TxDOT project 0_1774 involves both rectangular and cylindrical specimens, the focus of this thesis is on the specific impact of FRP wraps on partially wrapped versus unwrapped columns. The specimens included in this study are comprised of a wide range of construction parameters. However, despite the multitude of varying mix designs a noticeable trend has emerged as a result of this research. / text

The general problem of an anticrack, present in a simple domain and subject to general remote loading is solved using distributed line forces, acting as strain nuclei, along the line of the anticrack. Subsequently, both dislocations and point forces are used as strain nuclei to achieve mixed boundary value conditions. The influence function for a pair of forces applied to the faces of a semi-infinite notch is found and finally this is used to find the true closure length and interfacial contact pressure. When a sharp-edged indenter is pressed into a half plane material in the half-plane is displaced and 'laps around' the edges of the punch, possibly making contact with the side faces. This phenomenon is quantified within (coupled) half-plane theory, and applied first to an idealised indenter having the cross section of a trapezium, and then to a semi-infinite indenter. The latter allows an asymptotic form to be found which, through a generalised stress intensity factor may be collocated into the edge of any notionally sharp-edged indentation problem. The effect of surface strains on the local slip angle, when an infinite cylinder is slid skew-wise across an elastically similar half-plane is found. It is shown that local frictional orthogonality is not completely consistent with global orthogonality. The problems of a square-ended and an almost square-ended rigid punch sliding with both plane and anti-plane velocity components are studied. It is shown that, for a truly complete contact, if the contacting body is incompressible, convection effects are absent. Introducing either: (a) local rounding or (b) finite compressibility of the contacting body into the problem introduces convection, giving rise to an inconsistency between the global and local requirement of the orthogonal friction law. The state of stress in a three-quarter-plane undergoing antiplane shear deformation is studied, due to the presence of a screw dislocation along one of the projection lines extending from the free surfaces. A simple, accurate formula for the state of stress along the line is found, providing a useful kernel for the solution of crack and contact edge slip problems. The state of stress induced in an axi-symmetric solid formed from a half-space and a bonded semi-infinite rod, by a family of ring dislocations of arbitrary Burgers vector is found. Particular care is given to the interaction between the Cauchy singularity near the dislocation core and the geometric singularity at the rod/half-space junction. Torsional contact between a semi-infinite elastic rod with square ends and an elastically similar half-space was then solved using the ring dislocations as influence functions. This provides an excellent illustration of the imposition of orthogonality condition for a complete contact.

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Τα λεπτά υμένια οξειδίων του πυριτίου (SiOx) χρησιμοποιούνται σήμερα ευρέως στην μικροηλεκτρονική και στη βιομηχανία συσκευασίας τροφίμων ενώ τα τελευταία χρόνια υπάρχει έντονο ερευνητικό ενδιαφέρον για την εφαρμογή τους στην προστασία μετάλλικών επιφανειών από την διάβρωση. Η χημική εναπόθεση SiOχ με τη χρήση πλάσματος χαμηλής πίεσης του τετρααιθοξυσιλανίου (TEOS) παρουσιάζει μερικά σημαντικά πλεονεκτήματα όπως εναπόθεση σε χαμηλές θερμοκρασίες, ομοιόμορφη κάλυψη της επιφανείας και μεγάλους ρυθμούς εναπόθεσης. Από την άλλη πλευρά, η ιδιαιτερότητα της εναπόθεσης μέσω πλάσματος ΤΕΟS, έγκειται στο γεγονός ότι η δομή, οι ιδιότητες και η χημική σύσταση των παραγόμενων υμενίων εξαρτώνται σημαντικά από τις παραμέτρους της διεργασίας, λόγω της πολυπλοκότητας του πλάσματος του ΤΕΟS. Είναι χαρακτηριστικό ότι ανάλογα με τις συνθήκες εναπόθεσης μπορούν να παραχθούν υλικά που η χημική τους σύσταση ποικίλλει μεταξύ σιλικόνης (SiOxCyHz) και σχεδόν στοιχειομετρικού SiO2. Στην παρούσα εργασία εξετάζεται η επίδραση διαφόρων παραμέτρων της διεργασίας (ολική πίεση, καταναλισκώμενη ισχύς, προεπεξεργασία επιφανείας) στο ρυθμό εναπόθεσης και στη σύσταση των παραγόμενων υμενίων που εναποτέθηκαν σε επιφάνειες διαφόρων κραμάτων του μαγνησίου. Για τη μέτρηση του ρυθμού εναπόθεσης χρησιμοποιήθηκε ανακλαστική συμβολομετρία με λέιζερ και για το προσδιορισμό της χημικής σύστασης φασματοσκοπία υπερύθρου (FTIR). Όσον αφορά τα διαγνωστικά τεστ του πλάσματος, χρησιμοποιήθηκε φασματογραφία μάζας για τον προσδιορισμό της κατανάλωσης της πρόδρομης ένωσης στην εκκένωση και φασματοσκοπία εκπομπής (OES) για την ανίχνευση και ταυτοποίηση των διεγερμένων ειδών στην αέρια φάση. Η αντοχή στη διάβρωση εκτιμήθηκε με τη βοήθεια της ηλεκτροχημικής φασματοσκοπίας εμπέδησης (ΕΙS) και ο χαρακτηρισμός της επιφανείας με μικροσκοπίες SEM και AFM. Οι συνθήκες που παρουσιάζονται τα βέλτιστα αποτελέσματα αντοχής στη διάβρωση, συζητούνται με βάση τη δομή και τη χημική σύσταση των υμενίων καθώς και τις μεταβολές των ιδιοτήτων του πλάσματος. / The silicon oxide (SiOx) thin films are used in microelectronics, in food packaging industry and in the recent years there is an increasing interest of using them as protective coatings for metallic surfaces. The plasma chemical vapor deposition of these films (PECVD) has several advantages, like the deposition at low temperatures, the uniform cover of the surface and the high deposition rates. On the other hand the thing that distinguishes this technique (PECVD) using TEOS as the precursor, is that the structure, the properties and the chemical composition of the deposited films are strongly depended on the variables of the process, because of the complexity of the chemistry of TEOS. The chemical composition of the deposited film can vary from almost total inorganic SiO2 to silicone like (SiOxCyHz). In the present essay, it is examined the effect of various parameters as the consumed power, the total pressure and the surface pre-treatment to the deposition rate and to the chemical composition and structure of the thin film. The films were deposited on aluminium and magnesium alloys. The technique used for measuring the deposition rate was Laser Reflective Interferometry and for the determination of the chemical composition the FTIR Spectroscopy. The evaluation of the corrosion resistance was made by using Electrochemical Impedance Specroscopy (ΕΙS), and the examination of the surfaces by SEM and AFM. The conditions that provided the best results for the corrosion protection of the metallic surfaces are presented according the structure and the chemical composition of the thin film and the changes of plasma properties.

SUMMARY INHIBITORS INFLUENCE ON THE STEEL CORROSION PRODUCTS Kristina Saulėnienė Graduation thesis for Master degree has been carried out at the department of Chemistry of Vilnius Pedagogical University and at the Institute of Chemistry Research adviser: prof. habil. dr. R. Ramanauskas Concrete normally provides reinforcing steel with exellent means of protection against corrosion, while carbon dioxide and chlorides penetrate through the pores of the concrete and catalyse the steel corrosion. The most effective inhibitors of the steel corrosion in alkaline environment are the nitrites (anodic inhibitors which help to form more solid oxide film), therefore in this scientific work their influence on the steel corrosion products (oxides) was researched. Fe oxides were formed by anodic polarization of steel in the alkaline solution and then analised influence of the chloride ions and nitrites to their formation. For electrochemical measurement the solution of 0,1 M NaOH was chosen, because its pH (12,6) is almost the same as one of the electrolyte being found in the pores of concrete. The measurements of the polarization curves were started after the reduction of the oxide film of the electrode surface, e.g. starting the spreading of the potentials from the negative values (~ -1,2 V Ag/AgCl). Analysing the influence of the chloride ions on the steel polarization in the alkaline environment, we were interested in the amounts of the forming Fe (II) and Fe (III) oxides, which... [to full text]