Mechanical ENGINEERING Name of Student Institution Affiliation

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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Institution Affiliation

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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INTRODUCTION
A disaster is a severe distraction that takes place over some time causing widespread loss which
surpasses the potential of the affected people to cope using its resources. Developing countries
are the hardest hit whenever disasters strike. Disasters are divided into natural and man-made.
Natural disasters include events like volcanic eruptions, cyclonic and fires and even floods. Man-
made disasters on the other hand are caused by human activities which includes oil spills and
chemical accidents from industries.
One cited failure mode is corrosion.
CORROSION.
Corrosion is a process of deterioration on a substance caused by a biochemical reaction with its
surroundings. Some of the disasters that happened due to corrosions are discussed below;
The Guadalajara sewer explosion.
The Guadalajara sewer explosion took place on 22nd April 1992 in the Analko district downtown.
Due to this explosion, 8 kilometers of streets were destroyed. 15,000 people were left homeless,
1500 people were injured and 252 people died. The sewer explosion happened due to the
connection of water pipes which were positioned above the gas connection several years before
the blast (Thomas, 2020). Due to the corrosion of water pipes, the water leaked out causing
corrosion of gas pipes and leakage of gas in sewers.
The explosion of the Gaylord chemical corporation.