The reclanation of improperly cadmium electroplated high strength steel parts

Circumferentially notched round specimens of 4340 type steel have been plated in a galvanic bath known to be embrittling. The specimens were reclaimed by stripping and baking. Half the specimens were replated in a non-embrittling bath. Reclamation did not remove all traces of hydrogen embrittlement, but raised the threshold stress to such a...

A quantitative analysis of hydrogen-induced cracking

Internal hydrogen embrittlement, stress corrosion cracking and external hydrogen embrittlement of high strength steel are analysed. They are found to have lattice decohesion as a common source.

Rate effects on residual strength of flawed structures and materials

The literature is reviewed with respect to: - tests conducted to investigate crack re-initiation under dynamic load and arrest of a running crack - metallurgical sources of rate effects - available data for aerospace engineering materials - mechanical sources of rate effects, i.e. dynamic crack tip stresses and kinetic energy effects Conclusions...