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PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF SHIPILOV AND COLLABORATORS
Outcome: More than 120 technical publications, including 80+ single-authored papers, three edited volumes, three book chapters, and two feature articles (two cover stories) in international journals. Nearly one-third of journal articles were translated either from Russian into English or from English into Chinese and Russian to be published overseas.
Books
S..A. Shipilov (Ed.), Minimizing Infrastructure Corrosion, NACE International, Houston, TX, 2009, 294 pages. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, R.H. Jones, J.M. Olive, and R.B. Rebak (Eds.), Environment-Induced Cracking of Materials, Vol. 1: Chemistry, Mechanics and Mechanisms, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008, 564 pages. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, R.H. Jones, J.M. Olive, and R.B. Rebak (Eds.), Environment-Induced Cracking of Materials, Vol. 2: Prediction, Industrial Developments and Evaluation, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008, 508 pages. [online]
Chapters in Books
S.A. Shipilov, “Stress Corrosion Cracking and Corrosion Fatigue: A Record of Progress, 1873-1973,” Section 9 of Environment-Induced Cracking of Materials: Chemistry, Mechanics and Mechanisms, S.A. Shipilov, R.H. Jones, J.M. Olive, R.B. Rebak (Eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008, pp. 507-557. 507-557—“The comprehensive article should be read by all who want more information about the historical research on environmentally assisted cracking” (O.F. Aly and M. Mattar Neto, 2014). [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Corrosion Fatigue,” Chapter 11 of Advances in Fatigue, Fracture and Damage Assessment of Materials, A. Varvani-Farahani (Ed.), WIT Press, Southampton, 2005, pp. 329-389. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Fundamentals of Physicochemical Mechanics of Fracture: Purposes and Contents of the New Educational Course,” Chapter 28 of Teaching and Education in Fracture and Fatigue, H.P. Rossmanith (Ed.), E & FN Spon, London, 1996, pp. 293-299. The book “features 30 carefully selected contributions from 17 countries which were chosen for their wide spectrum of teaching and education practice from all over the world.” [online]
Patent
V.A. Marichev and S.A. Shipilov, “Method for Measuring Corrosion Crack Growth Rates in Metals,” Patent No. SU 1413488 A1 (February 24, 1987), USSR’s Bulletin of Inventions 28 (1988), 182.
Interviews
“Pipeline Stress Corrosion Cracking: Direction and Control,” NACE International Expert Panel, moderated by G.A. Jacobson, Materials Performance, 54(8), 2015, 30-37 (Feature Article and Cover Story). [online]
“2015 R.A. Brannon Award Recipient—An Interview with Sergei Shipilov,” Interview by G.A. Jacobson, Materials Performance, 54(6), 2015, 70-72 (Feature Article). [online]
“Exposing the Cracks: Sergei Shipilov Reveals the Perils of Corrosion,” Interview by A. Lopez-Pacheco, CIM Magazine, 8(2), 2013, 79. [online]
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Publications
S.A. Shipilov, “Impact of Materials Deterioration and Corrosion on the U.S. Naval Aviation’s Readiness,” Proceedings of the 2023 Department of Defense Corrosion Prevention Technology and Innovation Symposium: Corrosion Prevention as Readiness Enabler, [held August 14-17, 2023, Tucson, Arizona], paper no. DOD-AUG22-19858 (Washington, DC: Department of Defense, 2023). [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “An Experimental Irradiation Assembly for the Investigation of Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth in the Structural Components of Naval Reactors,” Proceedings of the 2019 Department of Defense-Allied Nations Technical Corrosion Conference, [held August 12-15, 2019, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma], paper no. 2019-0099 (Washington, DC: Department of Defense, 2019). [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation in a Stryker Combat Vehicle,” DoD CorrDigest, 1(2), 2018, 18-24 (Featured Article and Cover Story). Reprint from Proc. 2017 Department of Defense-Allied Nations Technical Corrosion Conference. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation in a Stryker Combat Vehicle,” DoD CorrDigest, 1(2), 2018, 18-24 (Featured Article and Cover Story). Reprint from Proceedings of the 2017 Department of Defense-Allied Nations Technical Corrosion Conference, [held August 7-10, 2017, Birmingham, Alabama], paper no. 2017-761104 (Washington, DC: Department of Defense, 2017)—Best Paper Award in the Corrosion Resistant Materials track. [online]
U.S. Government Publications
S.A. Shipilov, In Situ Electrochemically Controlled Irradiation-Assisted Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth in Austenitic Stainless Steels, LDRD Project: Transformational Nuclear Science and Technology, LOIS ID 8384, Annual Progress Report (Oct. 2016-July 2017), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, August 14, 2017.
S.A. Shipilov, In Situ Electrochemically Controlled Irradiation-Assisted Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth in Austenitic Stainless Steels, LDRD Project: Transformational Nuclear Science and Technology, LOIS ID 8384, Semiannual Progress Report (Oct. 2016-March 2017), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, March 22, 2017.
S.A. Shipilov, K. Unocic, and B. Pint, Evaluation of Zinc-Coated Ductile Iron Pipe, Progress Report ORNL/TM-2016/628, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725, October 7, 2016. [online]
S.A. Shipilov and B. Pint, Analysis of Cracked Stryker Hull Specimen, Technical Report (Task 2) U.S. Army Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725, June 24, 2016.
S.A. Shipilov and B. Pint, Review of the Technical Report “Transfer Case Weld Cracking (April 14, 2015),” Report (Task 1) U.S. Army Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725, June 3, 2016. [online]
Selected Publications
S.A. Shipilov, Impact of Corrosion on the United States Navy’s Overall Readiness, Report to the National Commission on Military Aviation Safety (Congressional Committee), FIRST-M Consulting Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, February 14, 2020. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “What Corrosion Costs Canada; Or, Can We Afford to Ignore Corrosion?” In: C. Barry and P. Wanjara (Eds.), Materials Development and Performance of Sulphur Capture Plants, CIM, Montreal, Quebec, 2009, pp. 55-76—Key reference of the 2021 IMPACT Canada Study. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Solving Some Key Failure Analysis Problems Using Advanced Methods for Materials Testing,” (ASM M. Brian Ives Lecture 2006), Engineering Failure Analysis, 14, 2007, 1550-1573. [online]
S.A. Shipilov and I. Le May, “Structural Integrity of Aging Buried Pipelines Having Cathodic Protection,” Engineering Failure Analysis, 13, 2006, 1159-1176. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Advanced Testing Methods for Studying the Mechanical Behavior of Materials,” JOM, 57(3), 2005, 36-42. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “University Education in Corrosion: A True Challenge for the Engineering World,” Proceedings of the 16th International Corrosion Congress (16ICC), Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection, Beijing, China, 2005, pp. 733-734.
F. Wang, V. Carathanassis, and S.A. Shipilov, “On the Calibration of the Potential Technique for Monitoring Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Using Finite-Element Method,” In: G.P. Gu, M. Elboujdaini, and A. Alfantazi (Eds.), Materials Degradation: Innovation, Inspection, Control and Rehabilitation, CIM, Montreal, 2005, pp. 251-261. (Best Student Paper Award at the 44th Annual Conference of Metallurgists (COM 2005), held August 21-24, Calgary, Alberta). [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “A New Paradigm for Graduate Materials Education,” CIM Bulletin, 98(1088), 2005, 75-76.
F. Wang, V. Carathanassis, D.M.G. Boll, and S.A. Shipilov, “An Electrical Potential Technique for Corrosion Fatigue Crack Monitoring in Pipeline Applications,” Proceedings of the 2005 NACE Northern Area Western Conference, NACE International, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 2005
S.A. Shipilov, “Mechanisms for Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation,” Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection, 24, 2004, 321-333, Chinese transl. by Hong Wang from Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 25, 2002, 243- 259, [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Cathodic Protection: A + or – in Pipeline Safety and Reliability?” In: R.K. Penny (Ed.), Risk, Economy and Safety, Failure Minimisation and Analysis, EMAS Publishing, Sheffield, UK, 2004, pp. 177-185. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Passivity, Localized Corrosion and Mechanical Aspects of Corrosion,” Proceedings of the 5th NACE Latin-America Region Corrosion Congress and 8th Ibero-American Corrosion and Protection Congress, NACE International, Santiago, Chile, 2003.
S.A. Shipilov, “From First Discoveries in the Late 1800s to Atomistic Simulation and Life Prediction in the Early 2000s: 130 Years of Stress Corrosion Cracking Research,” In: J. Luo, M. Elboujdaini, D. Shoesmith, P.C. Patnaik (Eds.), Environmental Degradation of Materials and Corrosion Control in Metals, CIM, Montreal, Quebec, 2003, pp. 127-158. [online]
T. Senadheera and S.A. Shipilov, “Stress Corrosion and Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Monitoring in Metals,” In: J. Luo, M. Elboujdaini, D. Shoesmith, P.C. Patnaik (Eds.), Environmental Degradation of Materials and Corrosion Control in Metals, CIM, Montreal, Quebec, 2003, pp. 101-112.
S.A. Shipilov, “Mechanical Testing of Materials: Deliberate Deception or Superficial Knowledge?” In: R.K. Penny (Ed.), Asset Management of Aged Plant and Materials: Assessment Methods, EMAS Publishing, Sheffield, UK, 2003, pp. 139-151. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “The Increment of Hydrogen-induced Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth per Cycle: Comparing Theory and Experimental Data,” In: N.R. Moody, A.W. Thompson, R.E. Ricker, G.S. Was, R.H. Jones (Eds.), Hydrogen Effects on Materials Behavior and Corrosion Deformation Interactions, TMS, Warrendale, PA, 2003, pp. 607-616.
S.A. Shipilov, “Location of the Fracture Process Zone for Hydrogen-induced Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation,” Scripta Materialia, 47, 2002, 301-305. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Stress Corrosion Cracking and Corrosion Fatigue in Water Reactor Environments – Mechanical Viewpoint,” Proceedings of Topical Day on Modeling of Localized Corrosion, BLG-929 Publication, SCK-CEN: Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium, 2002. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Mechanisms for Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation,” Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection, 24, 2004, 321-333, Chinese transl. by Hong Wang from Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 25, 2002, 243-259, [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Mechanisms for Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation,” Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 25, 2002, 243-259. [online].
S.A. Shipilov, “Critical Assessment of the Role of Cathodic Protection in Pipeline Integrity and Reliability,” In: P.E.J. Flewitt, P.F. Heyes, J. Schofield, R.A. Smith, A. Turnbull, B. Tomkins, C.S. Wiesner (Eds.), Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment: Needs and Provision, EMAS Publishing, Sheffield, UK, 2002, pp. 155-161. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Hydrogen-Enhanced Growth of Corrosion Fatigue Cracks in Titanium Alloys,” Metal Science and Heat Treatment, 43, 2001, 34-41. Transl. of Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, 43(1), 2001, 31-38. (One of the eight invited articles for the Journal’s Special Issue,
“Materials in the Third Millennium”). [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Stress Corrosion Cracking, Corrosion Fatigue and Hydrogen Embrittlement Research: Conferences, 1944-1999,” In: M. Elboujdaini, E. Ghali, and W. Zheng (Eds.), Environmentally Induced Cracking of Metals, CIM, Montreal, Quebec, 2000, pp. 121-148. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Comparison Between Hydrogen-Enhanced Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Rates and Critical Distances Ahead of a Growing Crack,” CORROSION/2000, paper no. 375, NACE International, Houston, TX, 2000.
S.A. Shipilov, “Physicochemical Mechanics of Fracture and Fatigue: Course on Stress Corrosion Cracking and Corrosion Fatigue of Engineering Materials,” In: M. Elboujdaini and E. Ghali (Eds.), Environmental Degradation of Materials and Corrosion Control in Metals, CIM, Montreal, Quebec, 1999, pp. 275-285.
S.A. Shipilov, “Fracture Process Location Ahead of a Growing Hydrogen-Induced Corrosion Fatigue Crack: Experimental Observations,” In: M. Elboujdaini and E. Ghali (Eds.), Environmental Degradation of Materials and Corrosion Control in Metals, CIM, Montreal, Quebec, 1999, pp. 259-273.
S.A. Shipilov, “Catastrophic Failures due to Environment-Assisted Cracking of Metals: Case Histories,” In: M. Elboujdaini and E. Ghali (Eds.), Environmental Degradation of Materials and Corrosion Control in Metals, CIM, Montreal, Quebec, 1999, pp. 225-241. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Titanium Alloys in Aqueous Solutions,” Corrosion, 54, 1998, 29-39. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “Environment-Assisted Cracking of Materials as a Significant Cause of Engineering Systems Malfunctions,” Technology, Law & Insurance, 1, 1996, 131-142 (Invited Article). Also published in Atomnaia Tekhnika za Rubezhom, 41(8), 1997, 11-22, Russian translation by G.A. Kotelnikov. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, “A New Method for Identification of the Mechanism of Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth,” CORROSION/96, paper no. 247, NACE International, Houston, TX, 1996. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, "Effect of Applied Potential on the Corrosion Crack Growth Rate in Titanium Alloys," In: V.V. Panasyuk, D.M.R. Taplin, M.C. Pandey, O.Ye. Andreykiv, P. Rama Rao (Eds.), Advances in Fracture Resistance in Materials, Vol. 2: Fatigue, Dynamic Fracture, Environmental Effects, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, India, 1996, pp. 469-476.
S.A. Shipilov, "The Mechanism of Corrosion Fatigue Cracking in High Strength Steels, Titanium Alloys, and Magnesium Alloys," Proc. 4th European Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes (EUROMAT’95), Vol. 4, Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia, Milan, Italy, 1995, pp. 191-196.
S.A. Shipilov, "Effect of Stress Ratio on the Mechanism of Environmentally Assisted Fatigue Crack Growth in High Strength Steels," Strength of Materials, 27, 1995, 64-69. Reprint from Problemy Prochnosti (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), 27, 1995, 94-102. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, "The Role of Hydrogen-Induced Cracking in Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation," Proc. UK Corrosion’94 and EUROCORR’94 Conference, Vol. 4, The Institute of Materials, London, UK, 1994, pp. 40-48.
S.A. Shipilov, "Determination of the Susceptibility of Structural Materials to Hydrogen-Induced Cracking Under Cyclic Loading in Aqueous Solutions," In: B. Vorsatz and E. Szöke (Eds.), EUROMAT’94 Topical Conference Proceedings, Vol. 3, Hungarian Mining and Metallurgical Society, Balatonszéplak, Hungary, 1994, pp. 779-783.
V.A. Marichev, S.A. Shipilov, V.V. Lunin, and A.P. Baranov, Investigation of the Mechanism and Development of the Theory of Stress Corrosion Cracking of Materials in Aqueous Electrolytes, Technical Report 53-1989 (All-Union Research Institute for Corrosion Protection), Institute of Physical Chemistry, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 1989. In Russian.
V.A. Marichev and S.A. Shipilov, “Relationship of the Hydrogen Embrittlement of Constructional Materials in Corrosion Fatigue to Loading Asymmetry,” Soviet Materials Science, 23, 1987, 361-365. Transl. of Fiziko-Khimicheskaya Mekhanika Materialov (Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR), 23(4), 1987, 22-26. [online]
S.A. Shipilov and V.V. Lunin, "Rig for Low-Cycle Corrosion-Fatigue Testing of Construction Materials," Industrial Laboratory, 53, 1987, 371-372. Transl. of Zavodskaya Laboratoriya, 53(4), 1987, 74-75. [online]
S.A. Shipilov, "Influence of IFKhANGAZ-1 Inhibitor on Crack Growth in Corrosion Fatigue of Steel in a Hydrogen Sulfide Containing Medium," Soviet Materials Science, 23, 1987, 276-278. Transl. of Fiziko-Khimicheskaya Mekhanika Materialov (Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR), 23(3), 1987, 49-52. [online]
V.A. Marichev, S.A. Shipilov, and V.V. Lunin, Investigation of the Causes of Different Resistance to Stress Corrosion Cracking of Aluminum Alloy
AL311 after Different Melting Processes, Technical Report No. 95-1986 (Central Research Institute of Materials Science, S.P. Korolev Rocket and
Space Corporation “Energia”), Institute of Physical Chemistry, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1986. In Russian.
S.A. Shipilov, “Ambiguous Effect of Cathodic Polarization on Crack Growth and Protective Effect of IFKHANGAZ-1 Inhibitor on the Corrosion Fatigue of Steel in a Hydrogen Sulfide Containing Solution,” In: A.G. Gumerov et al. (Eds.), Proc. 7th Regional Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists on the Problems of Collection, Preparation, and Transportation of Oil and Petroleum Products by Pipelines, VNIISPTneft, Ufa, Bashkortostan, 1986, pp. 97-98. In Russian.
V.A. Marichev and S.A. Shipilov, "Influence of Electrochemical Polarization on Crack Growth in Corrosion Cracking and Corrosion Fatigue of Magnesium Alloys," Soviet Materials Science, 22, 1986, 240-244. Transl. of Fiziko-Khimicheskaya Mekhanika Materialov (Academy of Sciences of
the Ukrainian SSR), 22(3), 1986, 21-25. [online]