Environment-induced cracking of materials

Chemistry, mechanics and mechanisms. Modeling environmental attack. Crack growth mechanisms. Hydrogen-assisted cracking and embrittlement. Nonferrous alloys. Iron and nickel based alloys. Ceramics and glasses. Liquid metal embrittlement. History of SCC research. Environment-induced cracking of materials: prediction of stress corrosion cracking. Stress corrosion cracking in LWR environments. Corrosion and cracking of waste package materials. Crack growth in pipeline steels under cyclic loading. SCC and hydrogen embrittlement of pipeline steels. Degradation of materials under in-service conditions. Stress corrosion cracking case studies New test methods for SCC studies.