Mobile Corrosion Evaluation System

汽车通常是仅次于住房的第二大消费者购买量，商业所有者在车队运营上投入了大量资金。对车辆完整性的最大威胁之一是腐蚀。成功评估和处理腐蚀显著提高了车主的满意度，同时延长了车辆的使用和可持续使用寿命。使用时间更长的车辆减少了物质需求，消耗了更少的资源和能源。即使车辆已经到了使用寿命的尽头，如果能够最大限度地减少腐蚀，车辆部件的可恢复性和可用性也会得到提高。然而，评估腐蚀的影响以及如何预防它需要一些客观的手段来衡量它。对文献和实践的回顾表明，没有在大范围基础上测量车辆腐蚀的标准化手段。其他腐蚀检测方法主要集中在工业应用上(例如，检测桥梁、建筑物中的腐蚀)。据我们所知，没有其他系统提供现成的现场部署系统，例如，技术人员可以在车库或现场快速高效地使用。我们的合作伙伴Krown Corporation是汽车售后市场防腐领域的行业领导者。他们有兴趣将潜在的腐蚀评估工具部署到其在加拿大各地的所有附属工厂，以更好地服务于他们的客户，并为他们的产品和服务增加价值。此前，研究人员与Krown合作证明，可以通过评估典型的汽车零部件及其在售后市场环境中的腐蚀状态来制定腐蚀指标的概念验证。第二阶段的研究验证了对腐蚀观测的解释，并将光学检测方法与计算机分析解释相结合，改进了腐蚀度量观测。本研究提案的下一个也是最后一个阶段的研究是将腐蚀测量系统开发成一种移动应用程序，可以在现场/车库环境中轻松使用和应用。

Vehicles typically represent the second largest consumer purchases after housing, and commercial owners invest heavily in vehicle fleet operations. One of the greatest threats to vehicle integrity is corrosion. Successfully assessing and treating corrosion significantly increases vehicle owner satisfaction while extending the useful and sustainable life of the vehicle. Vehicles that remain useable longer reduces material demand, and consumes fewer resources and energy. Even if a vehicle has reached its end-of-life, the recoverability and usability of vehicle parts are enhanced if corrosion can be minimized. However, assessing the impacts from corrosion and how to prevent it requires some objective means to measure it. A review of the literature and practices revealed that there is no standardized means to measure corrosion on a vehicle on a widescale basis. Other corrosion detection methods largely focus on industrial applications (e.g., detecting corrosion in bridges, buildings). No other system to our knowledge offer a readily field deployable system that, for example, a technician could use in a garage or in the field quickly and efficiently. Our partner, Krown Corporation, is an industry leader in aftermarket corrosion prevention for vehicles. They are interested in deploying a potential corrosion evaluation tool to all of its affiliate sites throughout Canada to better serve their customers, and add value to their product and service offerings. Previously, the researchers worked with Krown to demonstrate that a proof-of-concept that a corrosion metric could be developed by assessing typical vehicle parts and their state of corrosion in an after market setting. The second phase of research verified the interpretation of corrosion observations, and improved the corrosion metric observations by combining optical detection methods and computerized analysis and interpretation. The next and final phase of research in this research proposal is to develop the corrosion metric system into a mobile application that can be easily used and applied in a field/garage setting.