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STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF FLOW PARAMETERS ON THE CATHODIC PROTECTION OF A STEEL PLATE IN NATURAL SEAWATER

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Date Issued:
1984
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The influence of hydrodynamic parameters and cathodic polarization on the formation of calcareous deposits on a steel plate in flowing seawater is investigated. Current density variations on the plate are determined for a combination of applied potentials and seawater velocities. Equations are developed to relate the cathodic current density distribution to variations in hydrodynamic and diffusional boundary layer thickness along the plate for laminar and turbulent flow regimes. A comparison of experimental current densities on a bare plate to that predicted by theory is examined. Effects of flow on the formation and properties of calcareous deposits are discussed in light of recent developments in marine cathodic protection.
Title: A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF FLOW PARAMETERS ON THE CATHODIC PROTECTION OF A STEEL PLATE IN NATURAL SEAWATER.
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Name(s): MCCABE, KEVIN MICHAEL.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Smith, Samuel W., Thesis advisor
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1984
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 83 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The influence of hydrodynamic parameters and cathodic polarization on the formation of calcareous deposits on a steel plate in flowing seawater is investigated. Current density variations on the plate are determined for a combination of applied potentials and seawater velocities. Equations are developed to relate the cathodic current density distribution to variations in hydrodynamic and diffusional boundary layer thickness along the plate for laminar and turbulent flow regimes. A comparison of experimental current densities on a bare plate to that predicted by theory is examined. Effects of flow on the formation and properties of calcareous deposits are discussed in light of recent developments in marine cathodic protection.
Identifier: 14192 (digitool), FADT14192 (IID), fau:11004 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Engineering and Computer Science
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1984.
Subject(s): Plates, Iron and steel--Cathodic protection
Carbon steel--Corrosion
Plates, Iron and steel--Fluid dynamics
Cathodic protection
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