Quest Reliability performs specialized consulting and research into ferrous and non-ferrous metals, nonmetallic materials, coatings and surface treatments.
Our materials consulting activities include:
Our staff includes experienced metallurgists, materials scientists and engineers, corrosion engineers, tribologists, surface scientists, structural and mechanical engineers. Many of our core staff members have extensive industry experience to complement their backgrounds in research and development, providing an in-depth understanding of materials behavior in industrial applications.
Quest Reliability has a track record of 35 years of advanced materials research performed both for industrial and government clients. We engage in international research programs and collaborate with universities and research institutes world-wide.
Current Materials Research Includes:
- Mechanical properties of nanoscale structures focusing on predictive simulations of materials performance under operational conditions
- Developing new environment-friendly coatings for metals in marine environments, based on detailed models of the fouling and corrosion processes
- Modeling of crystal plasticity in fcc, bcc, bct and hcp metals
- Developing life assessment methodologies for creep and creep fatigue mechanisms in nickel base alloys and stainless steels
- Modeling initiation and propagation of pitting corrosion in aluminum and iron based alloys
- Corrosion performance of metallic materials exposed to geopolymer-based composites
- Developing life assessment methodologies for conductors
- Gas turbine component life assessment methodologies
- Hot gas path materials degradation modeling for gas turbines
- Thermal barrier coating life assessment modeling
For further information about Materials Consulting & Materials Research, please contact us.