@inproceedings{6a8d388980874d3987f380da37b4a206,
title = "A comparison of Short Fatigue Crack Growth (SFCG) rates, in a medium strength steel, under in-air and corrosion fatigue loading conditions",
abstract = "An evaluation of the influence of the environment on the fatigue properties of an offshore structural steel has been carried out. Smooth shallow hour-glass specimens have been tested to evaluate the fatigue response (S - N curve) and fatigue crack growth rate under constant amplitude loading with a stress ratio of 0.1 in both air and 3.5\% NaCl solution. CP at -950 mV/SCE was also applied for a number of corrosion fatigue tests. The generation and growth behaviour of cracks are investigated through successive observation of plastic replicas taken from the surface of the specimens at selected intervals. Fatigue cracks initiate mostly at defects such as inclusions in air, corrosion pits in 3.5\%NaCl solution or artificial seawater under freely corroding conditions and surface defects and polishing micro-scratches under applied CP. The reduction in fatigue endurance caused by the presence of the corrosive environment can be partially recovered through CP.",
author = "H. Hu and R. Akid",
year = "2003",
language = "English",
isbn = "0873395018",
series = "Hydrogen Effects on Material Behaviour and Corrosion Deformation Interactions - Proc. of the International Conference on Hydrogen Effects on Material Behaviour and Corrosion Deformation Interactions",
pages = "617--628",
editor = "N.R. Moody and A.W. Thompson and R.E. Ricker and G.S. Was and R.H. Jones",
booktitle = "Hydrogen Effects on Material Behaviour and Corrosion Deformation Interactions - Proc. of the International Conference on Hydrogen Effects on Material Behaviour and Corrosion Deformation Interactions",
note = "International Conference on Hydrogen Effects on Material Behaviour and Corrosion Deformation Interactions ; Conference date: 22-09-2002 Through 26-09-2002",
}