APPLICATION OF THE BOUNDARY-ELEMENT METHOD TO OFFSHORE CATHODIC PROTECTION MODELING

This paper deals with the main aspects of the calculation of current and potential distributions and summarizes some results obtained on different systems using a computer program based on the boundary-element method. Model results are compared to literature data for well-known geometries, and to experimental data obtained both in laboratory testing with a suitable cell and in field testing on offshore structures (in particular platform nodes). The good predictive capability of computer modeling is shown. © 1990, The Electrochemical Society, Inc. All rights reserved.