Sentence examples for progressive corrosion from inspiring English sources

By the end of their first year, most interns realize that the greatest threat to patient care comes not from the late-night loss of a resident's acuity, but rather from the progressive corrosion of a resident's humanity.

Actually, the increasing deterioration of concrete as well as the progressive corrosion of reinforcing bars may usually lead to significant changes in the safety coefficients, with respect to both ultimate and service limit states.

It is found that progressive corrosion has significant effects on the tank fundamental period and its associated mode shape of vibration as well as the magnitude and location of the maximum hydrodynamic pressure and that as design provisions should cover the service life of the tank, the errors associated with the current code provisions for design of such tanks cannot be ignored.

Bearings may grind to a halt due to lack of lubrication or progressive corrosion (Wasserman and Walker 1996).

This paper studies structural deterioration as a result of the combined action of progressive degradation (e.g., corrosion, fatigue) and sudden events (e.g., earthquakes).

Load carrying capacity of a corroding member decreases with corrosion time due to progressive loss of steel area, damage propagation in the form of cracking and eventual spalling of concrete cover, and impairment of bond between steel reinforcement and concrete.

Furthermore, due to the galvanic corrosion, the aluminium sheet undergoes a progressive thinning, especially in the overlapped area.

A brief introduction addresses the progressive failure modes, focusing mainly on creep and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in special steel structural members.

The formation of Fe(III)/Cr III) products caused progressive passivation of the iron and was consistent with the increase in corrosion potential.

The favorable erosion-corrosion endurance of the developed coating systems were investigated by progressive load scratch tests, dry sliding linear reciprocating tribological tests and dipping in acid and salty solutions.

The diminution of Eτ/2 and Qτ with the age of the corrosion layer showed that the "reduction reactivity" decreases with time, suggesting a progressive stabilisation of the corrosion layer.