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The critical stress criterion for gaseous hydrogen embrittlement

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A criterion for susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement based on the development of a critical hydrostatic stress has been proposed. The hydrostatic stress distribution ahead of plastically strained notches has been described analytically and correlated with measured susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement. The predictions of the analysis are in good agreement with available experimental data and support the critical stress criterion for hydrogen embrittlement.

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Doig, P., Jones, G.T. The critical stress criterion for gaseous hydrogen embrittlement. J Mater Sci 14, 1440–1446 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00549320

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