FRONTIER AREAS IN THE ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF STRESS CORROSION CRACKING.

Abstract

The author briefly discusses the mechanism of hydrogen entry at the metal surface; influence of mobile dislocations, grain boundaries and other structural defects; kinetics of breaking and reforming of passive layers in material/environment systems; accurate definition of crack tip conditions; computer modelling of environmental effects on crack initiation and propagation; electrodics of elastically and plastically deformed materials.