Understanding Why It Cracked - Nondestructively
Webinar
Learn how field metallography helps identify crack types and damage modes, enabling more informed repair decisions and bridging the gap between inspection findings and effective solutions.
Member: Free
Credit Info
- Contact Hours: 1
- IACET CEUs: N/A
- Valid for ASNT Level III recertification: Yes
Original air date: 21 July 2022
Course Overview
Once cracks are found by inspection, the next steps include making repair decisions and contemplating the risks to other components. Yet the gap between discovering and solving the problem is often complicated by the lack of information about the damage. Whether fatigue cracks, corrosion cracks, manufacturing flaws, creep, graphitization, high-temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA), or another damage mode, each requires a different solution, making its diagnosis critical for developing effective solutions. Field replication can be used to nondestructively identify crack types and damage modes. This talk will demonstrate how field metallography can be used to bridge the gap between inspecting to find the problem and diagnosing the crack type needed to develop effective solutions.
Meet the Speaker
Shane Turcott
Shane holds a BEng and MASc in materials engineering from McMaster University and founded Steel Image in 2009. The lab-based metallurgical engineering firm supports inspection and reliability teams through failure analysis and on-site crack identification. His experience spans refining, mining, energy, and automotive industries. Shane is the past Ontario Chair of ASM International and the author of Decoding Mechanical Failures and Steel Isn’t Hard (To Learn).
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