Containment loss, corrosion mechanisms and explosion origin in plants where the process itself is the hazard.
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In process plants the failure and the hazard are usually the same event: a vessel loses containment, a line ruptures, a dust or vapour cloud finds an ignition source. Determining mechanism means reading the metallurgy against the actual process chemistry, temperatures and cycling the equipment saw — not the design basis it was specified against.
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Pressure-boundary failures in pipelines, tanks, and vessels — from crack growth to critical size to full-bore rupture.
investigateBranching cracks from tensile stress plus a specific environment — chloride, caustic, ammonia, and sulfide SCC.
investigatePitting, crevice, galvanic, and microbiologically influenced corrosion — pipeline, tank, and vessel failures.
investigateNatural gas and LP-gas explosions — leak source, migration path, ignition, and blast reconstruction.
investigateCombustible dust deflagrations — primary and secondary explosions, ignition sources, and explosibility testing.
investigateSolvent, oxidative, and hydrolytic chemical attack on polymers — swelling, extraction, and chain scission.
investigateThese matters typically involve a regulatory investigation, a business-interruption claim, and a liability question at the same time, each with different evidentiary needs. Sequencing the examination so one does not foreclose another matters.
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