Strength & Durability of Materials | Course
Corrosion and Assisted Cracking, and Their Mitigation: Fundamentals and Advances
Prof. Raman Singh's course on 'Corrosion and Assisted Cracking' is back. Join the second round from 12 to 16 February 2024 in the afternoon at ETH Hönggerberg .
Corrosion and Assisted Cracking, and Their Mitigation: Fundamentals and Advances
doctoral course by Prof. Raman Singh from Monash University
Download12 - 16 February 2024 (ICS, 40 KB)
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The course is open to doctoral students affiliated with the MaP Doctoral School. Please register via mystudies.ethz.ch (from 15 January 2024, start of spring semester enrolment).
Postdocs and MSc students are also welcome. Postdocs, please register by .
Course Description & Motivation
Corrosion of engineering alloys and its mitigation measures cost a developed economy ~4% of their GDP (~$300b to the USA). This short course will impart fundamental knowledge of corrosion and their different types, and their traditional mitigation measures. It will also include an overview of the catastrophic failures under the simultaneous roles of effects of corrosion and mechanical loading (viz., stress corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement). Finally, building on the fundamentals, a few examples of recent advances on the topics will be presented, such as the application of graphene coatings for corrosion resistance and the advantageous use of corrosion in the use of magnesium alloys for temporary/biodegradable human implants.
Structure of the Course
This one-week block course (3*45 min from Mon-Thu + 2*45 min on Fri) is framed as a set of lectures on the basics of corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement, followed by specialised topics on:
- The role of nano-/microstructure in corrosion/oxidation,
- Graphene and graphene-coatings for corrosion resistance,
- Corrosion and corrosion-assisted cracking issues of magnesium alloys in bioimplant applications, and
- Reinforcements for seawater sea sand concrete materials for civil engineering structures.
Course participants will receive 1 ECTS credit point.
Schedule
(HCI J 498)
- Mon 12.02.2024, 13.45-16.30. "Corrosion and its Broad Types, and High Temperature Corrosion"
- Tues 13.02.2024, 13.45-16.30
- Wed 14.02.2024, 13.45-16.30
- Thu 15.02.2024, 13.45-16.30
- Fri 16.02.2024, 13.45-15.30
Course Lecturer
Prof. Raman Singh (Monash University)
external pageProf. Raman Singh (Monash University) will visit the ETH Zurich Department of Materials (D-MATL) again as a guest professor in February/March 2024. He will be hosted by MaP Member Prof. Jörg Löffer (Metal Physics & Technology).
Professor Raman Singh’s primary research interests are in the relationship of Nano-/microstructure and Environment-assisted degradation and fracture of metallic and composite materials, and Nanotechnology for Advanced Mitigation of such Degradations. He has also worked extensively on use of advanced materials (e.g., graphene) for corrosion mitigation, and stress corrosion cracking, and corrosion and corrosion-mitigation of magnesium alloys (including for the use of magnesium alloys for aerospace, defence and bioimplant applications).
