How to Conduct a Corrosion-related Failure Analysis

Conducting a root cause analysis to identify the exact cause of a failure of a material due to corrosion, and to determine appropriate remedies, requires a detailed and thorough analysis. Failure analysis experts can be involved at any point of a product's life cycle including the design, manufacturing, service, and ultimately, when a part of the product fails due to corrosion. In this article, Les Boulton gives a brief outline of the corrosion failure analysis process.

Corrosion Challenges Report

In 2010 the ACA produced a report on the impact of failure of infrastructure assets through corrosion as a result of current practices and skilling in the Australian mainland urban water and Naval defence sectors. The objective of this project is to examine, identify and estimate corrosion failure costs attributable to industry practices, industry skilling and regulatory frameworks, and estimate potential corrosion failure cost reductions by implementing avoidable/preventable strategies.

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