Failure Analysis Services

Failure analysis is the logical, systematic examination of an item, its construction, application, and documentation to identify the failure mode and to determine the failure mechanism and its basic cause. Failure analysis without recommendations to prevent similar, subsequent failures does not do justice to the client's true needs.

The Hendrix Group specializes in root cause failure analysis, corrosion investigations, materials and metallurgical engineering, fitness for service to API 579, and product liability analysis. We determine how and why equipment, components, metals, alloys and non-metals fail, as well as performing complete, thorough investigations to determine the fitness of equipment that has deteriorated due to corrosion, fracture, mechanical damage, or exposure to fire.

Our standards are high in appreciating the client's needs for understanding the exact cause for a failure and we are known for providing honest, practical solutions with the specific needs of the client in mind. Our materials and corrosion engineers have more than 80 years of combined, practical experience with mechanical and corrosion related failures with thousands of failure analysis investigations conducted. This experience extends across most industries, including power utility plants, refineries, chemical plants, pulp and paper mills and manufacturing facilities. Our engineers are backed by a well-equipped laboratory. The combination of our engineering experience and fully equipped laboratory facilities allows us to efficiently uncover the root cause of a failure and help recommend the best solution to prevent recurrence. The chances are, if you have a problem, we have already seen it. We look forward to helping you with your failure needs and providing you with practical engineering solutions.

Categories of consulting services that we have experience in include:

Representative projects that we have work on include:

• Hydrogen embrittlement of downhole equipment, fasteners and boiler tubes
• Carburization and oxidation of ethylene cracking furnace tubes
• Environmental stress corrosion cracking
• Crevice corrosion of CRA's and nickel alloys in seawater
• Corrosion/cracking of stainless steel commercial laundry equipment
• Fatigue failures of rotating equipment
• CO2 corrosion modeling of subsea production risers and onshore production tubing
• Brittle failure of high-voltage transmission tower 304SS compression fittings
• Corrosion of copper and galvanized potable water piping in commercial properties
• Petroleum and LPG product hose failures
• Corrosion and corrosion modeling of natural gas transportation piping
• Corrosion of tanker trucks
• Corrosion evaluation of commercial/residential natural gas corrugated hose coatings
• Brittle failure of offshore jack-up rig components
• Corrosion failure of power plant seawater piping
• High-temperature fuel ash corrosion
• Boiler and steam generating corrosion
• Cooling water corrosion
• Storage tank corrosion

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