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Aspect before cleaning of the heavy U bolt pipe clamp, 38 mm diameter wire, at the fractured position. It is possible to see that it broke in a region where the clamp was no longer coated and there is no insert in the groove (at the internal clamp diameter). The fracture is transverse to the clamp axis.
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ML00171 / Feb.2021
Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe Clamp
M - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Fracture position at the pipe body, about 1 meter from the tool joint end. The fracture presented two main aspects, a flat fracture transverse to the pipe axis, that propagated by fatigue through almost 50% of the pipe perimeter, and a final fracture by shear overloading.
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ML00169 / Nov.2020
Drill Pipe Fracture in the Pipe Body
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Aspect of the waterwall during removal of the leaking tube. The leakage was detected, by visual inspection, from the outside of the boiler.
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ML00163 / Jun.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall Tube
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Field photoDf - General View
Concrete steel strand general view, presenting fracture of several wires and a corroded aspect. The full part is composed by 19 strands, each strand using 7 wires, and each wire about 5 mm diameter.
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ML00155 / Jan.2020
Failure of a Prestressed Concrete Steel Strand
M - High Carbon SteelP - Wire RopeAp - StructureCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Microscopic detail of the cracks at the surface of the pin, close to the fracture. It is possible to see that the cracks are not associated to plastic deformation at the surface. Instead they are brittle and associated to regions where the material lost the passivation (dark grey stains at the surface). Some cracks that already opened (a little) showed deformation at the tips.
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ML00085 / Nov.2017
Corrosion Fatigue of a Martensitic SS Pin
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Forged PinAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Surface Aspect by SEMDf - Multiple cracks
Micrography of the external surface of the tubular equipment, close to the fracture position (it is to the top of the figure), showing multiple cracks, typical of a corrosion fatigue mechanism.
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ML00082 / Dec.2017
Corrosion Fatigue of a Drilling Tool
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Tubular ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Multiple cracks
Aspect of the washout in the 5" drill pipe, in the pipe body, before cleaning the surface.
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ML00068 / Sep.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a 5" Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Seamless PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - At the Surface

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ML00171 — Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe ClampM - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Aspect of the U bolt clamp with partial detachment of the coating (white brown) in a region where the polimeric insert (dirty white) is still in the wire groove at the internal clamp diameter (ID).
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ML00171 / Feb.2021
Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe Clamp
M - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Detailed aspect of the fractured position, in a region where the clamp was no longer coated and there is no insert in the groove (at the internal clamp diameter). The fracture is transverse to the clamp axis.
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ML00171 / Feb.2021
Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe Clamp
M - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture
Same aspect of the previous image after cleaning, showing a subcritical propagation aspect (fatigue), starting at the groove (ID) and also at the clamp surface in the OD.
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ML00171 / Feb.2021
Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe Clamp
M - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture
In the region where the polimeric insert was loose, the protective coating of the clamp has suffered detachment.
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ML00171 / Feb.2021
Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe Clamp
M - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Layer Detachment
Close to the ID of the clamp, at the groove position, there are cracks in the coating (white brown) and also at the substrate.
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ML00171 / Feb.2021
Corrosion Fatigue of U Bolt Pipe Clamp
M - Low Carbon SteelP - BoltAp - ShipCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Cracks

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ML00169 — Drill Pipe Fracture in the Pipe BodyM - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Pipe fracture, flat, at the region of subcritical crack growth.
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ML00169 / Nov.2020
Drill Pipe Fracture in the Pipe Body
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fatigue Fracture
This figure presents the location of the fracture at about 1 meter from the tool joint pin side. Close to the fracture the pipe presented several circunferential scratches created by the fishing of the broken piece after the fracture.
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ML00169 / Nov.2020
Drill Pipe Fracture in the Pipe Body
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Fracture appearance in the side that was not damaged by the fishing, showing the two aspects of the fracture propagation, half by fatigue and half by shearing overloading.
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ML00169 / Nov.2020
Drill Pipe Fracture in the Pipe Body
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture
Micrography presenting a uniform and refined tempered martensitic structure.
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ML00169 / Nov.2020
Drill Pipe Fracture in the Pipe Body
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Uniform Structure
Micrography presenting a uniform and refined tempered martensitic structure.
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ML00169 / Nov.2020
Drill Pipe Fracture in the Pipe Body
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Drill PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite

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ML00163 — Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall TubeM - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Aspect of the sample removed from the waterwall, where the tube has leaked, presenting the crack in the membrane.
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ML00163 / Jun.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall Tube
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Field photoDf - Through Wall Cracking
Aspect of the tube internal surface after removal from the boiler, presenting multiple longitudinal cracks.
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ML00163 / Jun.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall Tube
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Internal Surface
Aspect of the external surface of the leaking tube, after removal of the membrane.
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ML00163 / Jun.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall Tube
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - External Surface
Throught wall cracking of the waterwall tube at the leakage position, thick edged, The external surface of the tube was grounded to remove the membrane and the cracking is associated to the tube attachement.
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ML00163 / Jun.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall Tube
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Transverse Section AspectDf - Thick-edged rupture
Macrography of the transverse section of the tube, in a position where the cracking was not yet through wall. The internal tube surface shows multiple corrosion fatigue cracks, parallel, under the weld of the membrane, probably related to the cold side of the tube (the cracks opened to the boiler outside). The external side of the tube presenting a small crack at the margem of the weld, suggesting also the action of thermal stresses.
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ML00163 / Jun.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a Boiler Waterwall Tube
M - Low Carbon SteelP - Seamless tubeAp - BoilerCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - NItal Etched MacroDf - Multiple cracks

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ML00155 — Failure of a Prestressed Concrete Steel StrandM - High Carbon SteelP - Wire RopeAp - StructureCd - Corrosion Fatigue
General aspect of the degradated wires of the strand, most part presenting rust and rupture.
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ML00155 / Jan.2020
Failure of a Prestressed Concrete Steel Strand
M - High Carbon SteelP - Wire RopeAp - StructureCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
General aspect of the degradated wires of the strand, most part presenting rust and rupture. There are two mais aspects of the degradation: wire thickness reduction by corrosion and cracks creating a longitudinal fracture of several wires.
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ML00155 / Jan.2020
Failure of a Prestressed Concrete Steel Strand
M - High Carbon SteelP - Wire RopeAp - StructureCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture
Micrography of a wire in a longitudinal section, presenting a predominantly oearlitic structure, highly strained. The wires did not present any coating.
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ML00155 / Jan.2020
Failure of a Prestressed Concrete Steel Strand
M - High Carbon SteelP - Wire RopeAp - StructureCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Longitudinal Section
Higher magnification detail of the predominantly pearlitic microstructure of the wire.
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ML00155 / Jan.2020
Failure of a Prestressed Concrete Steel Strand
M - High Carbon SteelP - Wire RopeAp - StructureCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Predominantly Pearlitic
Macrography of a typical corroded wire in a longitudinal section, showing loss of thickness by corrosion.
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ML00155 / Jan.2020
Failure of a Prestressed Concrete Steel Strand
M - High Carbon SteelP - Wire RopeAp - StructureCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - NItal Etched MacroDf - Corrosion

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ML00085 — Corrosion Fatigue of a Martensitic SS PinM - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Forged PinAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Low magnification microscopy (stereoscope) detail of the multiple cracks at the pin surface.
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ML00085 / Nov.2017
Corrosion Fatigue of a Martensitic SS Pin
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Forged PinAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Surface AspectDf - Multiple cracks
Aspect of the pin surface, presenting multiple cracks, paralel to the fracture position.
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ML00085 / Nov.2017
Corrosion Fatigue of a Martensitic SS Pin
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Forged PinAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Multiple cracks
Aspect of the 5/8" diameter pin, that was 3" long and broke close to the center.
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ML00085 / Nov.2017
Corrosion Fatigue of a Martensitic SS Pin
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Forged PinAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - General View
Typical fatigue fracture, reversed bending.
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ML00085 / Nov.2017
Corrosion Fatigue of a Martensitic SS Pin
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Forged PinAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture
The fractographic analysis of the pin showed fatigue striation at the subcritical propagation region.
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ML00085 / Nov.2017
Corrosion Fatigue of a Martensitic SS Pin
M - Martensitic Stainless SteelP - Forged PinAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Fractography by SEMDf - Fatigue Striation

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ML00082 — Corrosion Fatigue of a Drilling ToolM - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Tubular ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Drilling tool that broke close to the region of the male connector (pin end). The fracture is at the right side of the figure.
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ML00082 / Dec.2017
Corrosion Fatigue of a Drilling Tool
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Tubular ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture
The fracture was removed from the failed part and analyzed separately. The aspect of the fracture surface is presented. It is flat, with regions of fatigue propagation and with regions of erosion by washout (to the right side of the figure).
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ML00082 / Dec.2017
Corrosion Fatigue of a Drilling Tool
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Tubular ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fracture
Detail of the fracture surface presenting a fatigue propagation from the outside of the tool.
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ML00082 / Dec.2017
Corrosion Fatigue of a Drilling Tool
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Tubular ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Fatigue Fracture
Detail of the fracture surface presenting erosion by a washout, because the equipment was pressurized when the cracking became through wall.
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ML00082 / Dec.2017
Corrosion Fatigue of a Drilling Tool
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Tubular ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Aspect Before AnalysisDf - Washout
Micrographic aspect of the martensitic structure at the longitudinal section.
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ML00082 / Dec.2017
Corrosion Fatigue of a Drilling Tool
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Tubular ForgingAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite

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ML00068 — Corrosion Fatigue of a 5" Drill PipeM - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Seamless PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Aspect of the washout in the 5" drill pipe, in the pipe body, after cleaning the surface. The surface presents several parallel tool marks that are not typical in the pipe since the torque is applied in the tool joint.
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ML00068 / Sep.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a 5" Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Seamless PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Surface AspectDf - At the Surface
The longitudinal section of the 1/2" thick pipe close to the washout position shows that the external tool marks are like notches that are corroded and cracks are iniciating from the corroded regions. The top of the figure presents the external pipe surface and the bottom of the figure presents the internal pipe surface, with a green coating and the rusted washout.
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ML00068 / Sep.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a 5" Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Seamless PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - NItal Etched MacroDf - Longitudinal Section
Macrography of the longitudinal section of the pipe presenting multiple cracks from the tool marks.
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ML00068 / Sep.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a 5" Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Seamless PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - NItal Etched MacroDf - Cracks Transverse to the Surface
The microstructure of the pipe, presented in a longitudinal section, is an uniform tempered martensite.
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ML00068 / Sep.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a 5" Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Seamless PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Nital Etched Micrography by OMDf - Martensite
The micrography in the as polished condition of the longitudinal section of the pipe close to the washout, shows that at the tool mark tip (notch from the external surface) a fatigue crack already started from a corroded region (pitting).
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ML00068 / Sep.2020
Corrosion Fatigue of a 5" Drill Pipe
M - Low Alloy Medium Carbon QTP - Seamless PipeAp - O&G Well DrillingCd - Corrosion Fatigue
Cm - Micrography by OMDf - Pitting

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