Rapid Predictions of Part Lifetimes in Corrosive Environments, Corrosion
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
Corrosion challenges persist throughout SNL’s mission areas. The primary difficulty lies in the fact that corrosion typically manifests as isolated, rare events, making preemptive identification exceedingly difficult. Our current strategy for addressing corrosion issues, such as anomalies and SFIs, is similarly isolated and reactive. This method is costly, time-consuming, heavily dependent on a limited number of experts, and offers minimal understanding of the overall damage distribution within the stockpile. This technical challenge is not unique to corrosion but is also prevalent in other material aging phenomena, such as tin-whisker growth in lead-free solder and fatigue failure of springs.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 2463000
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2024-11301R
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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