A statistical, physical-based, micro-mechanical model of hydrogen-induced intergranular fracture in steel

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-226

  Novak, P ^a   Yuan, R ^b   Somerday, B P ^c   Sofronis, P ^a   Ritchie, R O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen embrittlement; Intergranular fracture; Weakest link statistics

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FRACTURE; CLEAVAGE FRACTURE; DE-COHESION; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION MOTION; DISLOCATION PILEUP; DISSOLVED HYDROGEN; FRACTURE STRENGTHS; HIGH-STRENGTH STEELS; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; INTERFACE DECOHESION; INTERGRANULAR CRACKING; INTERGRANULAR FRACTURE; LOCAL PLASTICITY; METALLIC STRUCTURES; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; REVERSIBLE WORK; SYNERGISTIC ACTION; WEAKEST-LINK STATISTICS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CARBIDES; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; HIGH STRENGTH STEEL; HYDROGEN; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; PILES; TEXTURES;

HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT;

EID: 73449139053     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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