Non-Destructive Evaluation of Corrosion and Corrosion-assisted Cracking

A comprehensive text to the non-destructive evaluation of degradation of materials due to environment that takes an interdisciplinary approach

Non-Destructive Evaluation of Corrosion and Corrosion-assisted Cracking is an important resource that covers the critical interdisciplinary topic of non-destructive evaluation of degradation of materials due to environment. The authors--noted experts in the field--offer an overview of the wide-variety of approaches to non-destructive evaluation and various types of corrosion. The text is filled with instructive case studies from a range of industries including aerospace, energy, defense, and processing.

The authors review the most common non-destructive evaluation techniques that are applied in both research and industry in order to evaluate the properties and more importantly degradation of materials components or systems without causing damage. Ultrasonic, radiographic, thermographic, electromagnetic, and optical are some of the methods explored in the book. This important text:

• Offers a groundbreaking interdisciplinary approach to of non-destructive evaluation of corrosion and corrosion-assisted cracking

• Discusses techniques for non-destructive evaluation and various types of corrosion

• Includes information on the application of a variety of techniques as well as specific case studies

• Contains information targeting industries such as aerospace, energy, processing

• Presents information from leading researchers and technologists in both non-destructive evaluation and corrosion

Written for life assessment and maintenance personnel involved in quality control, failure analysis, and R&D, Non-Destructive Evaluation of Corrosion and Corrosion-assisted Cracking is an essential interdisciplinary guide to the topic.

Autorentext

Raman Singh, PhD, an expert of corrosion and corrosion-assisted cracking, is a full professor at the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Australia. Baldev Raj, PhD, has made pioneering research and application of non-destructive evaluation (NDE) methodologies especially to corrosion science and technologies. U. Kamachi Mudali, PhD, an expert of corrosion and its mitigation, is the Chairman and Chief Executive of Heavy Water Board, an industrial unit of the Indian Department of Atomic Energy. Prabhakar Singh, PhD, holds the United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Endowed Chair Professor position in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and was the Director of the Center for Clean Energy Engineering at the University of Connecticut.

Inhalt
List of Contributors ix

Foreword xi

Preface xiv

1 Nondestructive Testing: An Overview of Techniques and Application for Quality Evaluation 1
B. Venkatraman and Baldev Raj

2 Corrosion: An Overview of Types, Mechanism, and Requisites of Evaluation 56
U. Kamachi Mudali, J. Jayaraj, R.K. Singh Raman and Baldev Raj

3 Nondestructive Evaluation of Corrosion: Case Studies I 75
Paritosh Nanekar, N. Jothilakshmi and Baldev Raj

4 NDE Methods for Monitoring Corrosion and Corrosionassisted Cracking: Case Studies II 101
B.P.C. Rao and Baldev Raj

5 Lockin Thermography for the Wide Area Detection of Paint Degradation and Incipient Corrosion 122
R. Jones, M. Lo, M. Dorman, A. Bowler, D. Roles and S.A. Wade

6 Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Nondestructive Evaluation of Corrosion Processes 160
V.S. Raja

7 Electrochemical Noise as Nondestructive Evaluation Technique for Understanding and Monitoring Corrosion 198
Girija Suresh, U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj

8 Evaluation of Cracking and Spallation of Oxide Scales by Acoustic Emission 245
M.B. Venkataraman, Prabhakar Singh and R.K. Singh Raman

9 Nondestructive Testing and Corrosion Monitoring 261
Alec Groysman

Index 410