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Effect of Vortex Roll-up and Crevice Mass Flow on Ignition in a Rapid Compression MachineChomier, Mickael Thierry 19 September 2013 (has links)
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Modeling and Simulation of Damage Evolution in Crevice CorrosionBrackman, Matthew D. 01 August 2012 (has links)
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Effect of Installation Practices on Galvanic Corrosion in Service Lines, Low Flow Rate Sampling for Detecting Water-Lead Hazards, and Trace Metals on Drinking Water Pipeline Corrosion: Lessons in Unintended ConsequencesClark, Brandi Nicole 17 April 2015 (has links)
Corrosion of drinking water distribution systems can cost water utilities and homeowners tens of billions of dollars each year in infrastructure damage, adversely impacting public health and causing water loss through leaks. Often, seemingly innocuous choices made by utilities, plumbers, and consumers can have a dramatic impacts on corrosion and pipeline longevity.
This work demonstrated that brass pipe connectors used in partial lead service line replacements (PLSLR) can significantly influence galvanic corrosion between lead and copper pipes. Galvanic crevice corrosion was implicated in a fourfold increase in lead compared to a traditional direct connection, which was previously assumed to be a worst-case connection method.
In field sampling conducted in two cities, a new sampling method designed to detect particulate lead risks demonstrated that the choice of flow rate has a substantial impact on lead-in-water hazards. On average, lead concentrations detected in water at high flow without stagnation were at least 3X-4X higher than in traditional regulatory samples with stagnation, demonstrating a new 'worst case' lead release scenario due to detachment of lead particulates.
Although galvanized steel was previously considered a minor lead source, it can contain up to 2% lead on the surface, and elevated lead-in-water samples from several cities were traced to galvanized pipe, including the home of a child with elevated blood lead.
Furthermore, if both galvanized and copper pipe are present, as occurs in large buildings, deposition corrosion is possible, leading to both increased lead exposure and pipe failures in as little as two years. Systematic laboratory studies of deposition corrosion identified key factors that increase or decrease its likelihood; soluble copper concentration and flow pattern were identified as controlling factors. Because of the high copper concentrations and continuous flow associated with mixed-metal hot water recirculating systems, these systems were identified as a worst-case scenario for galvanic corrosion.
Deposition corrosion was also confirmed as a contributing mechanism to increased lead release, if copper pipe is placed before a lead pipe as occurs in partial service line replacements. Dump-and-fill tests confirmed copper solubility as a key factor in deposition corrosion impacts, and a detailed analysis of lead pipes from both laboratory studies and field tests was consistent with pure metallic copper deposits on the pipe surface, especially near the galvanic junction with copper.
Finally, preliminary experiments were conducted to determine whether nanoparticles from novel water treatment techniques could have a negative impact on downstream drinking water pipeline infrastructure. Although increases in the corrosion of iron, copper, and stainless steel pipes in the presence of silver and carbon nanomaterials were generally small or non-existent, in one case the presence of silver nanoparticles increased iron release from stainless steel by more than 30X via a localized corrosion mechanism, with pitting rates as high as 1.2 mm/y, implying serious corrosion consequences are possible for stainless steel pipes if nanoparticles are present. / Ph. D.
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Pack Rust Identification and Mitigation Strategies for Steel BridgesChintan Hitesh Patel (5930783) 03 January 2019 (has links)
<div>Pack rust or crevice corrosion is a type of localized corrosion. When a metal is in contact with a metal, or even non-metal, the metal starts to corrode, and rust starts to pack in between the surfaces. When signicant development of pack rust occurs, it can cause overstressing of bolts and rivets causing them to fail, and it can bend connecting plates and member elements thus reducing their buckling capacity. Thus it is important to mitigate the formation and growth of pack rust in bridges. This study was conducted to determine if pack rust occurs frequently and thereby may pose a problem in the state of Indiana. The study is divided into three primary tasks.The rst part of the study involves understanding the parameters involved in the initiation process of crevice corrosion and post-initiation crevice corrosion process. The second part of the study involves reviewing existing mitigation strategies and repair procedures used by state DOTs. The third part of the study involves identifying steel bridges with pack rust in Indiana. Analyses were performed on the data collected from Indiana bridges that have pack rust. This involved nding the components and members of bridges which are most aected by pack rust and nding parameters which in uence the formation of pack rust. Pack rust in the steel bridges were identied using the INDOT inspection reports available through BIAS system. The study revealed that good maintenance practices helped in reducing pack rust formation. The study identied locations on steel bridges which have a high probability towards pack rust formation. A mitigating strategy possessing qualities which can show promising results is identied.</div>
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Insight into a unique carbon resource partitioning mechanism in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitansBrown, Stacie Anne, 1979- 06 December 2010 (has links)
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is a Gram negative bacterium found exclusively in the mammalian oral cavity where it resides in the gingival crevice, the space between the tooth and gum tissue. Though it has historically been considered a common commensal organism, it is now appreciated that A. actinomycetemcomitans is an opportunistic pathogen associated with the diseases periodontitis and endocarditis. To cause infection, A. actinomycetemcomitans must interact and compete with neighboring bacteria for space and nutrients, though little is known about the physiology it employs within the gingival crevice. Using A. actinomycetemcomitans grown in a chemically defined medium containing carbon sources found in vivo, I use transcriptome analyses and growth studies to show that A. actinomycetemcomitans preferentially utilizes lactate over the phosphotransferase system (PTS) sugars glucose and fructose. Additionally, the presence of lactate or pyruvate inhibits the transport and metabolism of these sugars in a post-transcriptionally controlled process I have termed PTS substrate exclusion. Since lactate is an energetically inferior carbon source, PTS substrate exclusion appears to be a carbon resource partitioning mechanism that allows A. actinomycetemcomitans to avoid competition for energetically favorable sugars with other species, and I propose a model to describe this phenomenon. To begin to understand the mechanism of PTS substrate exclusion, I examine the first step of the proposed model by purifying and characterizing the L-lactate dehydrogenase (LctD) from A. actinomycetemcomitans. I demonstrate that, unlike other studied lactate dehydrogenases, the LctD from A. actinomycetemcomitans does not exhibit feedback inhibition in the presence of physiologically relevant concentrations of pyruvate, which supports my hypothesis that elevated intracellular pyruvate levels inhibit the PTS. The results of my studies provide insight into a new regulatory mechanism governing carbon utilization in this bacterium. / text
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EFFECTS OF PACK-RUST CORROSION IN COMPRESSION BUILT-UP MEMBERS IN STEEL BRIDGESSeng Tong Ngann (12447882) 22 April 2022 (has links)
<p>Pack-rust corrosion is a type of corrosion that affects steel built-up members especially old bridges. It is a localized corrosion that happens in the crevice between two mating surfaces. Pack-rust corrosion does not only cause section loss like other types of corrosions, but also induces local distortion in the structural members that are not the intention of the original designs. This corrosion can change the behavior of the connection fixity and could also cause instability in the overall built-up members. The size of distortion and section loss were observed to behave linearly between the free edge and the first line of fasteners. As the distance is moving toward the free edge, the distortion in the members and section loss in the base material were observed to be maximum. Another important observation was that pack-rust corrosion does not grow beyond the fastener at the fastener’s line. </p>
<p>The literature revealed that there are no comprehensive experimental and analytical studies focused on the behavior and effect of pack-rust corrosion on the overall performance of built-up members and connections in compression. Therefore, this research studies the effects of pack-rust corrosion on the capacity of built-up compression members including but not limited to stiffness, yield strength, maximum capacity, and change in fastener force under applied load. This research was studied by performing large-scale experimental testing of flexural members with simulated pack rust. Pack-rust distortion was simulated by placing washers in the crevice between two plates and then the two plates were drawn together using high-strength fasteners. There were also members with real pack-rust corrosion damage from bridge components that used to be in service, and were tested in axial compression tests. </p>
<p>The experimental results were compared with hand calculation using conventional design equations. Finite element analysis was also studied to compare with the experimental results in order to calibrate future models, but it is not presented in this report. The findings of the experimental results of all the specimens show that pack-rust corrosion affects yield strength and maximum capacity of the member and minimally affects the member’s stiffness. Maximum load of the member affected by pack-rust corrosion can still be estimated conservatively using the conventional design equations with some modifications. There was no indication of significant increase in fastener force under applied load, so the likelihood of fastener failing in tension was very small as observed from this study. </p>
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Roost Selection and Seasonal Activity of a Remnant Population of Northern Myotis (<i>Myotis septentrionalis</i>) in PennsylvaniaLewis, Mattea A. January 2020 (has links)
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Etude de la corrosion caverneuse d'un acier inoxydable martensitique : utilisation d'une cellule à couche mince / Study of crevice corrosion of a martensitic stainless steel by using a thin layer cellJoly Marcelin, Sabrina 19 December 2012 (has links)
Les aciers inoxydables martensitiques sont utilisés dans l'industrie aéronautique où de hautes propriétés mécaniques sont requises. Cependant, dû à leur faible teneur en chrome, ils sont relativement sensibles à la corrosion localisée et particulièrement à la corrosion caverneuse qui se développe en milieu confiné. Tout d'abord, le comportement électrochimique de l'acier inoxydable martensitique X12CrNiMoV12-3 a été étudié dans une solution neutre et chlorurée (NaCl 0,1 M + Na2SO4 0,04 M) en plein bain. Des mesures électrochimiques (courbes de polarisation et mesures d'impédance) couplées à des analyses de surface par XPS ont permis de caractériser les films passifs formés pour différentes conditions. Les résultats obtenus ont permis de montrer le rôle important joué par l'oxygène dissous sur la formation et/ou la modification du film passif pendant l'immersion dans l'électrolyte. Les diagrammes d'impédance obtenus au potentiel de corrosion et en milieu aéré sont caractérisés par deux constantes de temps qui ont été attribuées au film passif (hautes fréquences) et au transfert de charges (basses fréquences). L'analyse de la partie hautes fréquences des diagrammes d'impédance électrochimique à l'aide du modèle en loi de puissance a permis de montrer de faibles variations de l'épaisseur des films pendant l'immersion. Des mesures électrochimiques ont ensuite été réalisées à l'aide du montage de la cellule à couche mince qui permet de travailler avec des épaisseurs d'électrolyte rigoureusement contrôlées. Les essais réalisés ont montré l'aptitude à la repassivation de l'acier inoxydable martensitique dès qu'il est en contact avec l'oxygène dissous en particulier pour des faibles épaisseurs d'électrolyte (inférieur à 100 µm). Lorsque le milieu est confiné entre deux parois en acier afin de reproduire une situation de corrosion caverneuse, il a été montré la corrosion est fortement accélérée lorsque l'épaisseur d'électrolyte est faible (inférieur à 500 µm). / Martensitic stainless steels are mainly used for applications where high mechanical performance is required. However, due to the low chromium content, they are relatively sensitive to localised corrosion, and particularly, to crevice corrosion encountered in confined environments. First, the electrochemical behavior of X12CrNiMoV12-3 martensitic stainless steel has been studied in a bulk neutral chloride solution (0.1 M NaCl + 0.04 M Na2SO4). Electrochemical measurements (polarisation curves and impedance measures) and XPS surface analysis were performed in order to characterise the passive films formed under different experimental conditions. The results showed the important role of dissolved oxygen to form and/or modify the passive film during immersion in electrolyte. The impedance diagrams are characterised by two time constants wich are attributed to passive film response (high frequency range) and to charge transfert resistance (low frequency range). The analyse of the high frequencies part of the diagrams by using the "power law model" showed low evolution of passive films thickness during immersion. Then, electrochemical measurements were perfomed in confined environments by using a thin layer cell where the electrolyte thickness were rigourosly adjusted. The measurements showed that the martensitic stainless steel is in passive state even for low electrolyte thickness (inferior in 100 µm). When the electrolyte is confined between two stainless electrodes in order to reproduce the same conditions find during crevice corrosion, the corrosion is sharply accelerated when the electrolyte thickness is above 500 µm
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CORROSION MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR FLANGE SPLICE CONNECTIONS IN STEEL BRIDGESEdgar Oscary Soriano Somarriba (11178333) 26 July 2021 (has links)
<p>As of 2013, the damage caused by corrosion on highway
bridges has been estimated to cost approximately 14 billion dollars annually,
and this cost has been increasing over the years. Corrosion is one of the
natural phenomena that has been slowly deteriorating infrastructure systems
across the United States. One of the most problematic types of corrosion is
crevice corrosion, which is defined as the formation of rust between
overlapping surfaces such as the case of a splice connection where flanges are
attached by splice plates. A significant number of steel bridges in Indiana
have developed crevice corrosion in splice connections. Therefore, this
research focuses on the crevice corrosion, or “pack rust”, occurring in these
structural elements. The application of coatings alone has not been enough to
stop pack rust at these connections. In an attempt to look for approaches that
can effectively mitigate this problem and maintain the designed service life of
bridges, different strategies have been studied and tested. The first objective
of this study is to determine the strength reduction as a function of the time
of exposure to salt misting. To do this, specimens that simulate the bottom
flange splice connection have been exposed to a corrosive environment for different
periods of time and later tested under tension to assess the reduction in
strength. The second objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of the
mitigation strategies under different conditions. First, the mitigating
products were initially applied before exposure to salt misting. Second, the
mitigating products were applied as a repair, and in this case, the specimens
corroded for a given period of time and were then repaired to evaluate any
further deterioration. The assessment of the strategies’ effectiveness is based
on the strength reduction and visual inspection of the specimens. The ultimate
outcome of this study is a series of general guidelines to slow down crevice
corrosion based on the results of the laboratory testing. </p>
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Evaluating the Corrosion Performance of Mixed Material Stackups Fastened by Resistance Spot RivetsKrell, Paul David January 2020 (has links)
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