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Stress Corrosion
Stess corrosion can result from the combination of an applied tensile stress and a corrosive environment. In fact, some materials…
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Erosion-Corrosion
Erosion-corrosion arises from a combination of chemical attack and the physical abrasion as a consequence of the fluid motion. Virtually…
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Selective Leaching
When one element or constituent of a metal is selectively corroded out of a material it is referred to as…
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Intergranular Corrosion
Occuring along grain boundaries for some alloys, intergranular corrosion can be a real danger in the right environment. On the…
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10 years after Fukushima, safety is still nuclear power’s greatest challenge
Ten years ago, on March 11, 2011, the biggest recorded earthquake in Japanese history hit the country’s northeast coast. It…
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How can civil engineers improve the design risk management process
We can all agree that loss of life or injuries are always at the forefront of our minds when we…
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Pitting
Pitting, just as it sounds, is used to describe the formation of small pits on the surface of a metal…
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Crevice Corrosion
Another form of electrochemical corrosion is crevice corrosion. Crevice corrosion is a consequence of concentration differences of ions or dissolved…
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Sinusoidal Signals
To begin, we must first understand what sinusoidal signals are. Sinusoidal signals can be represented as where A is the…
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Galvanic Corrosion
Galvanic corrosion is a little more difficult to keep track of in the industrial world. You’ll notice below that simply…
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Noise in electronic circuits
Electrical Noise any unwanted form of energy tending to interfere with the proper and easy reception and reproduction of wanted…
