Formulating stress corrosion cracking growth rates by combination of crack tip mechanics and crack tip oxidation kinetics

Corrosion Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 769-779

  Shoji, Tetsuo ^a   Lu, Zhanpeng ^a   Murakami, Hiroyoshi ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Atomic Energy Society of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

B. Theoretical model studies; C. Crack growth rate; C. Crack tip asymptotic field; C. High temperature water; C. Oxidation kinetics; C. Stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

C. OXIDATION KINETICS; CRACK GROWTH RATES; CRACK TIP ASYMPTOTIC FIELDS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE WATER; OXIDATION KINETICS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; AUSTENITE; CRACK TIPS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); GROWTH KINETICS; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; OXIDATION; OXIDE FILMS; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 74849126180     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2009.10.041     Document Type: Article

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