Corrosion fatigue crack growth in metals: microstructural and electrochemical aspects

摘要

A compressed review of the corrosion fracture mechanics developed by Ukrainian researchers is presented, together with a summary of some basic results. In particular, new experimental methods are discussed which take into account both the stress-strain state and an electrochemical condition in the corrosion crack tip. The proposed methods enable crack growth resistance data to be examined as a function of both mechanical and corrosion parameters.