Comprehensive guide to corrosion testing methods. Covers weight loss coupon testing, polarisation curves, EIS, salt spray ASTM B117, and ASTM G48 for stainless steels.
Guide to tribological wear testing. Covers pin-on-disc (ASTM G99), dry sand rubber wheel abrasion (ASTM G65), slurry erosion, and Taber abrasion — test parameters, data interpretation, and material ranking.
Technical guide to creep and stress rupture testing. Covers creep stages, Andrade creep law, Larson-Miller parameter, stress rupture life prediction, and data for nickel alloys and creep-resistant steels.
Complete engineering tribology guide. Covers Stribeck curve, boundary/mixed/hydrodynamic lubrication, adhesive wear (Archard equation), abrasive wear, and material/coating selection for tribological applications.
Free linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) calculator. Computes critical crack size from K_IC and applied stress, required K_IC for a known crack, and safety factor assessment per BS 7910 approach.
Free pressure vessel wall thickness calculator per ASME VIII Division 1 UG-27. Calculates minimum wall thickness from design pressure, inside radius, allowable stress, and joint efficiency. Also finds MAWP from known wall thickness.
Free pipe thermal expansion calculator for carbon steel, stainless steel, duplex, titanium, copper, and aluminium piping. Calculates total expansion in mm, expansion per metre, and indicative expansion loop leg length.
Free stress-strain curve calculator. Converts engineering to true stress and strain, calculates Hollomon power law parameters n and K, computes modulus of resilience, toughness estimate, and stress at any strain point.
Free Charpy CVN to K_IC fracture toughness converter using Barsom-Rolfe upper-shelf and BS 7910 transition region correlations. Inputs CVN energy and yield strength; outputs estimated K_IC, critical crack size, and structural assessment.
Free metal weight calculator for round bar, flat plate, hollow pipe, square bar, hex bar, and angle sections in steel, stainless steel, aluminium, titanium, copper, and nickel alloys.