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Method of analyzing corrosion and corrosion prevention

US6258252A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 15, 1998
Grant dateJul 10, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N17/02
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An object to be analyzed for corrosion and corrosion prevention is divided into a plurality of adjacent regions of plural types by a dividing plane, with one of the adjacent regions being referred to as an attentional region with a boundary as the dividing plane and the other as a non-attentional region with a boundary as the dividing plane. An initial current density or an initial potential is imparted to each element of the boundary of the non-attentional region to effect a boundary element analysis for determining a relationship between a potential and a current density in each the element. A potential distribution and a current density distribution in the attentional region in its entirety are determined, using the relationship between the potential and the current density in each the element of the boundary of the non-attentional region as a boundary condition for the attentional region.

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