OCAS organised the “Abrasion resistant steels: modelling and experimental challenges” wear seminar at OCAS on Friday June 15th 2018 in its labs at Zwijnaarde (Belgium), attracting 50+ participants representing 10…
Read moreTo understand the effect of sour conditions on the embrittlement phenomena during NACE testing, permeation measurements in H2S environment have been installed and validated at OCAS. Now that the methodology…
Read moreTime of Flight Secondary Ions Mass Spectroscopy (TOFSIMS) is a surface sensitive characterisation technique providing “clean” molecular information of a solid sample with high mass resolution, high lateral (< 200…
Read moreState-of-the art scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) is an advanced characterization tool dedicated to analyse sample morphology, structure and chemical composition with the capability of atomic resolution imaging and chemical…
Read moreBlast panels are integral structures in offshore topside modules to protect personnel and safety critical equipment by preventing the escalation of events due to hydrocarbon explosions. As such, blast panels…
Read moreIt is widely accepted that economically viable long-distance onshore transportation of large quantities of gases and liquids in petrochemical industry and, recently, carbon dioxide (CO2) in Carbon Capture and Sequestration…
Read morePressure-containing equipment such as pipelines, risers, valves, fittings and pressure vessels are often subject to complex loading conditions during their service life. Extreme testing conditions are required to accurately reproduce…
Read moreThe shift to deeper waters and larger wind turbine generators requires optimised jacket foundations. Through a better understanding and accelerated testing of a large number of manual and automatic welded…
Read moreVitreous enamelling has been acknowledged for centuries as one of the most durable ways to protect metals against abrasion, temperature and corrosion. In recent years, driven by ever-stricter environmental legislation,…
Read moreUsing an adhesion promotor to achieve the desired result can only be successful when fully understanding the surface properties of the system.
Read moreTriggered by environmental issues, the market has an interest in product development of lightweight heavy gauge steels (t ≥ 5 mm), mainly for other than automotive applications. In view of…
Read moreArtificial neural network modelling is a non-linear statistical analysis technique that links input data to output data using a particular set of non-linear functions. Especially for alloys which have no…
Read moreHigh-throughput research for developing new coatings or testing and modelling corrosion properties has many advantages. High-throughput technologies allow for rapid, intelligent, parallel experimentation, increasing the productivity of R&D by orders…
Read moreSince the discovery at the end of the 19th century of low expansion Fe-Ni alloys by Charles Guillaume, these alloys have triggered a lot of breakhtrough material science research. In…
Read moreAn increasing number of wells contain considerable amounts of hydrogen sulphide H2S. This requires the use of sour resistant steel, to avoid phenomena such as hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) and sulphide-stress…
Read moreThe offshore environment puts severe durability requirements on materials. One of its main inherent characteristics is that material is often exposed to several environmental conditions simultaneously: corrosive environment, fatigue loading,…
Read moreThe structural integrity of many industrial structures is generally ensured by preventing the initiation of cracks. However, in the field of pipeline industries, the problem of fast crack propagation and…
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