Current Understanding of the Mechanisms of Stress Corrosion and Corrosion Fatigue

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn STP 821, Issue , 1984, Pages 32-51

  Ford, F P ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

corrosion fatigue; cracking mechanisms; dissolution; hydrogen embrittlement; liquid diffusion; oxide rupture rate; passivation; stress corrosion

Indexed keywords

CORROSION FATIGUE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; DUCTILE FRACTURE; DYNAMIC LOADS; GROWTH RATE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; PASSIVATION; PROCESS CONTROL; REACTION RATES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; MATERIALS - CRACK PROPAGATION; METALS AND ALLOYS - STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

'CURRENT; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; CORROSION-FATIGUE; CRACKING MECHANISMS; CRACKS PROPAGATION; ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS; LIQUID DIFFUSION; OXIDE RUPTURE RATE; SAFETY PROBLEMS; STRESS-CORROSION; AQUEOUS-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS; DUCTILE ALLOYS; ENVIRONMENT-ENHANCED CRACKING; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT FAILURE;

DISSOLUTION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0021583219     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/STP34425S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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