Electrochemically aged arc-sprayed zinc coating to concrete: bond strength study

Abstract

This research was conducted to preliminarily investigate the anode removal process that could affect the interface of electrochemically aged arc sprayed zinc coating to concrete using experimental and artificial neural network methodologies. Experimental results showed that the bond strength of newly sprayed zinc to concrete was influenced by the presence of the old reaction layer and dependent on the electrochemical age of the layer. Artificial neural networks were used to achieve better understanding of the complex cause-and-effect relationships inherent in the zinc/concrete system and was successful in finding meaningful, logical results from the bond strength data.