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Influence of direct electrical current upon specific volume of mortar in sea water

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Date Issued:
1995
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Hollow, cylindrical mortar specimens of 0.4 water-cement ratio were prepared without reinforcement and exposed to flowing natural sea water for periods up to one year. Direct currents of 2, 10 and 50 mA were impressed between a mixed metal-oxide titanium substrate electrode positioned within each of these two zones, with a different electrolyte supply and exhaust for the cylinder core and exterior surface. Linear expansion of the specimens was evaluated as a function of exposure duration from the output of embedded strain gages and from dimensional measurement of cylinder length and diameter. It was found that expansion of specimens exposed to direct current exceeded baseline ones (no current). Also, the expansion was anisotropic in that different magnitudes and trends were apparent for the diameter versus length directions. The expansion under free exposure (no current) was determined to be a function of specimen size and of the direction of measurement relative to the cast specimen face.
Title: Influence of direct electrical current upon specific volume of mortar in sea water.
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Name(s): Le Floch, Anne.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Hartt, William H., 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: 1995
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 140 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Hollow, cylindrical mortar specimens of 0.4 water-cement ratio were prepared without reinforcement and exposed to flowing natural sea water for periods up to one year. Direct currents of 2, 10 and 50 mA were impressed between a mixed metal-oxide titanium substrate electrode positioned within each of these two zones, with a different electrolyte supply and exhaust for the cylinder core and exterior surface. Linear expansion of the specimens was evaluated as a function of exposure duration from the output of embedded strain gages and from dimensional measurement of cylinder length and diameter. It was found that expansion of specimens exposed to direct current exceeded baseline ones (no current). Also, the expansion was anisotropic in that different magnitudes and trends were apparent for the diameter versus length directions. The expansion under free exposure (no current) was determined to be a function of specimen size and of the direction of measurement relative to the cast specimen face.
Identifier: AAI1376809 (UnM), 15214 (digitool), FADT15214 (IID), fau:11986 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Engineering and Computer Science
Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1995.
Subject(s): Concrete--Deterioration
Concrete--Corrosion
Seawater corrosion
Cathodic protection
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