Fracture, Fatigue and Structural Integrity of Metallic Materials

• Main Author: Álvarez Laso, José Alberto (auth)
• Other Authors: Cicero, Sergio (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; n/a; reuse; microstructure; fatigue crack growth; micromechanisms; weld joint; FFM; slow strain rate tensile test; fracture; orthotropic steel bridge deck; fatigue; three-point bending fatigue; EMC; notch effect; thermal desorption spectroscopy; synchrotron radiation; tube specimen with hole; critical distance; Inconel 690 tube; fatigue test; failure assessment diagram (FAD); alloy steel; X-ray techniques; overload; aluminium plates; fatigue strength; fastener; high strength low alloy steels (HSLA); internal fatigue fracture; ?CT imaging; hydrogen induced cracking (HIC); notch; rotating bending; local strain; aluminum foam sandwich; structural steel; surface defect; compressive residual stress; blunt V-notches; cathodic polarization; needle peening; semi-elliptical crack; fatigue life; hydrogen-induced delayed fracture; fatigue design curve; subcritical propagation; cathodic polarization or cathodic charge (CC); hydrogen embrittlement; aircraft; fatigue limit; environmentally assisted cracking; ductile failure; mode I loading; cathodic protection (CP); peel strength; hot-press-formed steel; crack initiation; retardation; theory of critical distances; welded joint
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Fracture, fatigue, and other subcritical processes, such as creep crack growth or stress corrosion cracking, present numerous open issues from both scientific and industrial points of view. These phenomena are of special interest in industrial and civil metallic structures, such as pipes, vessels, machinery, aircrafts, ship hulls, and bridges, given that their failure may imply catastrophic consequences for human life, the natural environment, and/or the economy. Moreover, an adequate management of their operational life, defining suitable inspection periods, repairs, or replacements, requires their safety or unsafety conditions to be defined. The analysis of these technological challenges requires accurate comprehensive assessment tools based on solid theoretical foundations as well as structural integrity assessment standards or procedures incorporating such tools into industrial practice.