Abstract: Under excessive plastic deformations, pitting corrosion can accelerate ductile fracture initiation in steel structures. For an accurate numerical prediction of ductile fracture in corrosion pits, a micromechanical fracture ...

Abstract: Under excessive plastic deformations, pitting corrosion accelerates ductile fracture initiation in steel components. Because of the stochastic and time-dependent nature of corrosion in steel material, the integrity of the ...