ERDA Energy Research Abstracts

ERDA Energy Research Abstracts
Author: United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Technical Information Center
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1682
Release: 1977
Genre: Force and energy
ISBN:

Slow Strain Rate Testing for the Evaluation of Environmentally Induced Cracking

Slow Strain Rate Testing for the Evaluation of Environmentally Induced Cracking
Author: R. D. Kane
Publisher: ASTM International
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1993
Genre: Alloys
ISBN: 0803118708

In order to predict when and how a material will crack under environmental conditions, engineers used to subject it to pressure for a long time, up to a year in cases; about 20 years ago, a testing method was developed that slowly but inexorably increases the pressure, which seems to cut down the ti