Research in Topical Symposium

Research Topical Symposia were introduced in 1996 with the objective of strengthening communications between corrosion science and engineering communities. Symposia topics have to satisfy two criteria: (1) corrosion degradation phenomena that have an extremely high economic impact and (2) a mitigating action or solution to the problem that has not been effectively “reduced to practice” because of a lack of fundamental knowledge.

Advances in Environmentally Assisted Cracking

Symposium Chair: David Enos, Sandia National Laboratories
Vice Chair: George Young, Lockheed Martin
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Re-Consideration of the Tips of SCC from the Standpoint of Tight Cracks—Roger Staehle, University of Minnesota
  
  
• Case Histories Involving SCC of Various Alloys—Steven Suess, Stork Technimet, Inc.
  
  
• Recent Advances in Understanding the Environmentally Assisted Cracking of High Strength Aluminum Alloys—James Moran, Alcoa Technical Center
  
  
• Understanding the Potential Dependency of Environment-Assisted Crack Initiation and Growth of High Strength Alloys in Marine Environments: Predictive Modeling and Experimental Verification—John Scully, University of Virginia
  
  
• Current Understanding of EAC in Steam Turbine Systems—Alan Turnbull, National Physical Laboratory
  
  
• The Role of Oxygen and Sulfur in High Temperature Fracture of Superalloys—David Woodford, Materials Performance Analysis
  
  
• Overview of Recent Three-Dimensional, Small Scale, Mini-Pipe Testing of Carbon Steel Casing Materials with Combined High Internal Pressure, Axial Load, and Internal/External H2S Exposure—Edward Paul Cernocky, Shell International E&P
  
  
• Emerging Issues and Fundamental Processes in SCC in Hot Water—Peter Andresen, GE Corp. Research & Development
  
  
• Worldwide Efforts to Understand SCC in SCW—Todd Allen, University of Wisconsin Madison, and Gary Was, University of Michigan