Dr Eng. Beata Zima from the Institute of Ocean Engineering and Shipbuilding at the Gdańsk University of Technology is working on creating a method for monitoring the corrosion of ocean engineering structures caused by contact with salt water. In the work on the project, the researcher will use the so-called non-destructive techniques, more precisely from the analysis of structural vibrations.

“I will excite vibrations, then I will register signals at selected points in the structure. I will try to create an algorithm to assess the global level of degradation based on the readings, as well as where the point damage is and what size it is”, says the researcher.

The project “Monitoring the technical condition of metal structures subjected to corrosion degradation” received PLN 1,063,460 funding in the Sonata competition. It is attended by the Gdańsk University of Technology, the Goethe University in Frankfurt and the University of Lisbon. Scientists want to develop a special device for diagnostics of objects exposed to corrosion degradation.

More: https://pg.edu.pl/aktualnosci/2022-06/nowa-metoda-monitorowania-korozji