Fracture and Fatigue Failure Analysis
Training for those wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the factors affecting failure modes and an introduction to failure analysis
We are delighted to be working with experienced trainer, Clayton Thomas, to offer this one-day short course on corrosion and its prevention.
Corrosion and its prevention are issues which impact on every industry. Understanding how materials will react in their service environment is a crucial aspect of materials selection and appreciating how potential corrosion problems can be mitigated is an important part of the design process. The knowledge gained from the course will enhance discussions between customers and suppliers and will assist engineers and designers when specifying materials.
This course is one of five courses in the IOM3 Metallurgy in Practice suite. If you attend this and two of the other courses in the series, you will receive an IOM3 Certificate in Metallurgy in Practice.
Who should attend the course?
This course is suitable for anyone working in engineering, production and design and who manufacture or supply engineering components. This includes buyers and salespersons. It will also be a useful introduction to the subject for new starters and graduate engineers.
How is the course structured?
The course will be run as a one day virtual session held from 0930 to 1630 on 27 September. It will cover:
- Basic corrosion:
Corrosion in aqueous environments
General, pitting and crevice corrosion
Galvanic corrosion
Environmentally assisted cracking - Corrosion resistant alloys
The selection and use of corrosion resistant alloys
Stainless steels
Non-ferrous alloys such as nickel, aluminium and titanium - Non-ferrous materials
Designing out corrosion
Use of barrier coatings
Sacrificial and noble coatings
Cathodic protection
How much does the course cost?
The cost of the course is £550. IOM3 members and subscribers to Module 2 of our Business Partner Programme are entitled to a discount of 10% on the course fee. These fees are exclusive of VAT at 20% where applicable.
Register here for this virtual training course on 27 September 2023.
Your tutor - Dr Clayton Thomas BSc(Eng),PhD, MMet, ARSM, MICorr
Clayton is originally from South Wales but currently lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He studied metallurgy at Imperial College and gained a PhD from the University of Sheffield looking at offshore corrosion fatigue. After working for British Steel Technical for three years, as a metallurgical investigator and then corrosion test laboratory manager, he joined Cameron (now called One Subsea), a major supplier of oil and gas completion equipment, in 1990. He eventually became senior metallurgist and worked on major topside and offshore projects for operators such as BP, Shell, AGIP, Total, and Conoco. He also had responsibility for the material selection and corrosion prevention for topside and subsea projects and for the metallurgy and welding of equipment including wellheads, BOPs, flowlines, choke valves, risers, manifolds, Christmas trees and associated items.
Since 2000 Clayton has been director of Lloyd-Thomas Consultancy Ltd, providing metallurgical support and training. He has continued to work in oil and gas as well as other engineering sectors, such as power engineering, aerospace and biomedical, has carried out numerous failures investigations and has acted as an expert witness in litigation cases.
He has run over 250 metallurgy courses for companies and colleges on various aspects of metallurgy and has been working with IOM3 since 2020.
