“…Moreover, the great majority of them are about aged and degenerated metals in petrochemical and offshore industries and power plants (viz., Aloraier et al, 2010;Branza et al, 2009;Vega et al, 2008;Mirzaee-Sisan et al, 2007;Edwards et al, 2005;Lant et al, 2001). Additionally, most of the carried out studies are based on simulation by finite element method -FEM -(e.g., Sharples et al, 2005;Sun et al, 2005;Dong et al, 2005;Aloraier et al, 2004;Hyde et al, 2004).…”