Corrosion Assessments

Identifying possible damage mechanisms and predicting corrosion rates is a difficult task for Inspectors and Engineers running petrochemical, chemical, and power generation facilities. Our extensive experience allows us to help guide clients in screening sites for potential damage mechanisms, estimating corrosion rates, performing probability assessments, and generating lab test data for field use.


Some examples that Wayland Engineering can provide assistance with include:

  • Microbiologically Induced Corrosion

  • High Temperature Corrosion Mechanisms

  • Low Temperature Corrosion Mechanisms

  • Environmentally Induced Cracking

  • Galvanic Corrosion

  • Cavitation Corrosion

  • Flow Induced Erosion/Corrosion

  • Marine Corrosion

  • Crevice Corrosion

Corrosion Control Diagram showing metallurgy, damage mechanisms, and probability of damage on one diagram

Typical Corrosion Loop Diagram showing Damage Mechanisms, Metallurgy, and Probability of Damage

SEM image of intergranular attack on the inside of a boiler tube

Internal Surface Cracking of a Boiler Tube

Graph showing the oxidation rate of carbon steel as a function of temperature and color

Oxidation Rate as a Function of Temperature with Steel Color Reference Scale

Micrograph of a crack showing transgranular propagation features

Transgranular Crack Propagation