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Vehicle accelerated corrosion test procedures for automotive in Malaysia

Anuar, L. and Amrin, A. and Mohammad, R. and Ourdjini, A. (2016) Vehicle accelerated corrosion test procedures for automotive in Malaysia. In: 2nd International Conference on Automotive Innovation and Green Vehicle, AiGEV 2016, 2 August 2016 through 3 August 2016, Selangor; Malaysia.

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Abstract

An accelerated corrosion test, known as proving ground accelerated test, is commonly performed by automotive manufacturers to evaluate the corrosion performance of a vehicle. The test combines corrosion and durability inputs to detect potential failures that may occur during in-service conditions. Currently, the test is conducted at an external test center overseas. Such test is aimed to simulate the effects of one year accelerated corrosion in severe corrosive environment of the north-east and south east of America. However, the test results obtained do not correlate with the actual corrosion conditions observed in the Malaysian market, which is likely attributed to the different test environment of the tropical climate of vehicles in service. Therefore, a vehicle accelerated corrosion test procedure that suits the Malaysian market is proposed and benchmarked with other global car manufacturers that have their own dedicated corrosion test procedure. In the present work, a test track is used as the corrosion test ground and consists of various types of roads for structural durability exposures. Corrosion related facilities like salt trough, mud trough and gravel road are constructed as addition to the existing facilities. The establishment of accelerated corrosion test facilities has contributed to the development of initial accelerated corrosion test procedure for the national car manufacturer. The corrosion exposure is monitored by fitting test coupons at the underbody of test vehicle using mass loss technique so that the desired corrosion rate capable of simulating the real time corrosion effects for its target market.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:Atmospheric corrosion, Automobile manufacture, Commerce, Corrosion rate, Durability, Manufacture, Testing, Vehicles
Subjects:T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions:Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology
ID Code:72926
Deposited By: Muhammad Atiff Mahussain
Deposited On:20 Nov 2017 08:33
Last Modified:20 Nov 2017 08:33

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