Various methods are available to protect steel from corrosion. One of the most elegant of these is the use of zinc. Zinc lies below steel in the galvanic series and therefore will corrode ...

While traditional methods like painting and hot-dip galvanization have been widely adopted, the persistent pursuit of innovation has driven the development of advanced surface treatment technologies.

Corrosion is a primary cause for in-service degradation of steel structures in T&D lines, sometimes assisted by mechanical and microbiological actions, depending on the nature of the service ...

Occurrence of corrosion in rebars of reinforced concrete (RC) structures is a common problem faced by the ageing infrastructure across the world. This article presents a newly developed approach for ...

Why do marine structures fail early, and what can we build with instead? Explore how engineers are rethinking materials in ...

Winter coats roads with salt, slowly eating away at metal. Scientists at the Institute of Physics of Materials of the Academy ...

Autoclaves operate under some of the most demanding conditions found in laboratory, healthcare, and industrial environments.

Prof. Kwok-fai Chung, Professor of the PolyU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Steel Construction (Hong Kong Branch ...

Gabions, rockfall netting and other steel mesh systems have long been used adjacent to railways and metro systems. In order to provide greater understanding about the performance of these metallic ...