Progress in understanding corrosion fatigue crack growth

Conference · Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:293058

Wei, R P ^[1]

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1. Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

The paper reviews key developments since the early 1960s in the understanding of corrosion fatigue crack growth in metallic materials. Microstructural response of a metal to the mechanical and chemical driving forces is discussed. The author believes that greater emphasis needs to be placed on the development and utilization of mechanistically based probability methods of analyses to better estimate the life cycle costs and manage new and aging mechanical structures.

• Sponsoring Organization: Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC (United States); Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 293058
• Report Number(s): CONF-970980-; ISBN 0-87339-382-1; TRN: IM9902%%89
• Resource Relation: Conference: Materials Week `97, Indianapolis, IN (United States), 14-18 Sep 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of High cycle fatigue of structural materials. Proceedings; Soboyejo, W.O. [ed.] [Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering]; Srivatsan, T.S. [ed.] [Univ. of Akron, OH (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering]; PB: 618 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CORROSION FATIGUE
CRACK PROPAGATION
FRACTURE MECHANICS
METALS
MICROSTRUCTURE
RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT
PITTING CORROSION