Multi-state Markov modeling of pitting corrosion in stainless steel exposed to chloride-containing environment

Yi Xie, Jinsuo Zhang, Tunc Aldemir and Richard Denning

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2018, vol. 172, issue C, 239-248

Abstract: Although stainless steels (SSs) have excellent general corrosion resistance, they are nevertheless susceptible to pitting corrosion. The variation of pit depth and density is significant for the prediction of likelihood of corrosion damage occurring in service. Among the available pitting corrosion models, it is difficult to identify a specific model capable of characterizing all the pit formation processes observed and one that can be used for estimating the evolution of pit density distribution with time. A physics-based multi-state Markov model giving a full description of pitting corrosion states is presented. The transition rates used in the model are determined by fitting the model to experimental data. The variation of pit depth and density is simulated. The simulation is verified by experimental scenarios of SS exposed to chloride-containing environments.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2017.12.015

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