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Material selection of safety‐relevant components in indoor swimming pools
Author(s) -
Faller M.,
Richner P.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
materials and corrosion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1521-4176
pISSN - 0947-5117
DOI - 10.1002/maco.200390073
Subject(s) - ceiling (cloud) , environmental science , galvanization , material selection , corrosion , forensic engineering , engineering , metallurgy , materials science , composite material , structural engineering , layer (electronics)
Suspended ceilings in indoor swimming pools are safety‐relevant components. As was demonstrated by the collapses of the ceiling of the Uster (CH) indoor swimming pool (1985) and again at Steenwijk (NL, 2001) greater attention has to be paid to selecting suitable materials and inspecting the state of such components. Our findings according to corrosion of metal fastening components of more than 150 indoor swimming pools in Switzerland are reported. The corrosion behaviour of stainless steels and galvanized steels are compared and discussed including newer results from the literature.