Stress Corrosion Cracking is a common problem affecting turbomachinery components such as rotor discs, steam turbine blades and compressor impellers, and is a major factor driving component repair.

A collaborative research team from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanyang ...

Baker Hughes launched a joint technology program Petrobras to solve stress corrosion cracking due to CO2 in flexible pipe systems. Energy technology major Baker Hughes Co. has launched a joint ...

Researchers find a solid protective coating material that can flow like a liquid to repair any cracks that develop. Researchers have found that a solid oxide protective coating for metals can, when ...

ALUMINIUM forging alloys used in aerospace technology have, on occasion, suffered catastrophic failure as a result of stress-corrosion cracking. Study of this problem by thin-film transmission ...

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(2026) AI Assisted Material Selection Framework for Corrosion Resistant Steels in Onshore Oil and Gas Pipelines. Open Journal ...

France's nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire, has approved EDF's revised programme to rectify stress corrosion issues at its French nuclear power plants. Under EDF's schedule, ...

A recent article published in npj Materials Degradation explored the defining role of nanoscale heterogeneities in corrosion pathways in a high-strength aluminum alloy via detailed electron microscopy ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - An explosion and fire in 2018 along an Enbridge Inc natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia was caused by normal stress that, coupled with corrosion, created ...

A fiberglass/composite wrap system from coatings and composites supplier Belzona curbs corrosion under insulation for a nickel mine industrial tank application. Source (All Images) | Belzona A global ...