Abstract: Many engineering structures are subjected to cyclically varying (fatigue) loads during service. Fatigue analysis, or the estimation of fatigue lives on such structures, is therefore an essential ...

Abstract: The kinetics of subcritical crack growth under sustained loading in a chemically inert environment (dehumidified argon) and the companion deformation kinetics were determined to examine the possible ...

Abstract: Steels used in coal gasification vessels and piping (externals) can be exposed to mixtures of hydrogen, water vapor (steam), hydrogen sulfide, methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and other ...

Abstract: To develop further phenomenological understanding of load interaction effects in fatigue, examinations of the influences of stress intensity (K) level, plate thickness and chemical environment on ...