In Situ Study of Ballast Tank Corrosion on Ships-Part 2

摘要

By constructing a GI consisting of 10 discrete levels, we have created an instrument for rapid in situ determination of the general condition of a ballast tank. This CI integrates sufficient useful information, and presents us with similar results as comparable research based upon physical methods. We assume that this CI will play a role in further in situ research regarding the corrosion process and the variables that influence this process, either in a positive or negative way. In the data set gathered so far, other significant correlations can be found in addition to age dependency. Enlargement of our current data set, as well as a further exploration on how to demarcate useful age classes within the data, will be necessary.