Environmentally assisted cracking environmental influence

J.R. Scully and P.J. Moran, Influence of Strain on Hydrogen Assisted Cracking of Cathodically Polarized High-Strength Steel, Environmentally Assisted Cracking Science and Engineering, STP 1049, ASTM, 1990, p 5-29... 

Atkinson, J. D. and Lindley, T. C, The effect of frequency and temperature on environmentally assisted fatigue crack growth below in steels , Proc. The Influence of... 

The second part of the book consists of two chapters namely the forms of corrosion and practical solutions. The chapter, Forms of Corrosion consists of a discussion of corrosion reactions, corrosion media, active and active-passive corrosion behavior, the forms of corrosion, namely, general corrosion, localized corrosion, metallurgically influenced corrosion, microbiologically influenced corrosion, mechanically assisted corrosion and environmentally induced cracking, the types and modes of corrosion, the morphology of corroded materials along with some published literature on corrosion. 

Environment can significantly influence fatigue crack initiation. Environmentally assisted fatigue, often referred to as corrosion fatigue, must be considered when dealing with components in the BWR environment. 

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