This book elaborates the corrosion testing and assessment methods for the aluminum alloy vessel in the service and internal environment. The emphasis is placed on the research of general materials corrosion characteristics, electrochemical protection design, surface protection, coating and painting, etc. This book helps readers to keep abreast of the whole technology system of the corrosion prevention and control of aluminum alloy vessel, especially the systematic engineering view of life cycle corrosion control for the vessel is of particular interest to readers.
Introduction.- Service environment of aluminum alloy vessel.- Corrosion
tests.- Corrosion characteristics of general materials for aluminum alloy
vessel.- Surface protection of aluminum alloys.- Electrochemical protection
and design.- Coating and painting of aluminum alloy vessel.- Structural
design for corrosion prevention.- Corrosion prevention and control in the
manufacturing process.- Corrosion prevention system maintenance and repair
for aluminum alloy vessel.
Zhigang Fang, Ph.D. in marine and ocean engineering, is research fellow of the Naval Research Academy of China, and a distinguished professor of Harbin Engineering University, who has been long engaged in the field of ship materials and corrosion protection. He presided over the medium and long-term development plan for ship materials and corrosion protection, and proposed to establish a technical system for system control and comprehensive management of ship corrosion in China. At the same time, he has done a lot of work on the theory and application technology research of aluminum alloy marine corrosion control.
Jingyi Cao, Ph.D. in materials science, is research fellow of the Naval Research Academy of China. She is an expert in the field of marine materials, and chief scientist of the United Nations Environmental Protection Agency's anti-sea bio-paint upgrade special project in China. She has long been engaged in the analysis and evaluation of marine coatings. Dr. Cao holds20 Chinese invention patents, and has published 8 books.
Yong Guan, Ph.D. in materials science, is associate research fellow of Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has been mainly engaged in the marine materials and corrosion protection technology, focusing on aluminum alloy corrosion protection technology, metal corrosion non-destructive monitoring technology, etc.
