Development of a Custom Software for Processing the Stress Corrosion Experimental Data through Axiomatic Design

The economical sustainability and the integrity of oil field equipment depend on the choice of the best material for the working conditions. In oil wells, many environmental corrosion phenomena take place and affect the structural integrity of metallic parts and equipment. In order to investigate material properties in presence of corrosive environments and applied stresses, many laboratories have arisen and many experimental techniques have been developed and setup in order to collect data about the behaviour of corrosion resistant alloys. Available data are traditionally gathered into text files which are difficult to analyze and process since a widespread commercial software does not exist for automated data processing and reporting. Each laboratory has to develop their own tools in order to perform the data post processing for stress corrosion experiments. In this paper, the Axiomatic Design method has been employed in order to develop a custom software for data post processing of the stress corrosion tests. The application of the Axiomatic Design has a key role in defining the software architecture, avoiding useless solutions and improving code optimization from the earliest phases.