Corrosion, Cracking, and Coatings

1 credits · Graduate Programs

Electrochemical principles of corrosion reactions. Internal and external corrosion of buried pipelines. Principle of cathodic protection. Evolution of pipeline coating technology. Coating performance in conjunction with cathodic protection. Failure modes and effect analysis of pipeline coatings. Stress corrosion cracking of pipelines, along with corrosion fatigue and hydrogen-induced cracking of pipeline steels. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Pipeline Engineering.