International Symposium on Environmental Degradation under Static and Cyclic Loads in Structural Metallic Materials at Ambient Temperatures IV (Cork, Ireland, May 29–June 3, 2016)

A.K. Vasudevan; N.J. Henry Holroyd; Ronald M. Latanision

doi:10.1515/corrrev-2017-0095

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International Symposium on Environmental Degradation under Static and Cyclic Loads in Structural Metallic Materials at Ambient Temperatures IV (Cork, Ireland, May 29–June 3, 2016)

A.K. Vasudevan , N.J. Henry Holroyd and Ronald M. Latanision

Published/Copyright: September 16, 2017

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From the journal Corrosion Reviews Volume 35 Issue 4-5

The topic of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) which was widely studied during the 1970s and 1980s, declined in interest drastically due to (1) the introduction of the slow strain rate testing method to replace fracture mechanics and (2) US Department of Defense priorities emphasizing other technical topics such as nanostructured materials and additive manufacturing. Today only the US Navy is continuing to give importance to this topic while the other two agencies (US Army and US Air Force) have abandoned such study. This prompted the Organizing Group to resurrect the topic “stress corrosion of structural materials” in 2009 at Padova, Italy, with an emphasis on new experimental techniques and analytical methods to understand SCC mechanisms and their application. Since then every 2 years we have successfully held the symposia in various countries in Europe. There are still some unanswered issues on this subject.

The over-arching intent of this symposium series is to provide a conducive forum where researchers can present their findings and then constructively discuss them at first, formally following their presentation and then later informally with a group of peers who provide a broad spectrum of relevant experience, ranging from current PhD candidates and post-doctoral research workers through to well-established veterans with up to 45 years active research experience in the field of environment-induced fracture. Our aim here is to accelerate the elucidation and quantification of the interactive environment-influenced processes that control the environmental degradation of structural metallic materials subjected to static or cyclic loading at ambient temperatures, while exposed to a non-inert environment.

The review and the 11 original papers published here in this special issue of Corrosion Reviews cover the various themed sessions, and represent 50% of the oral presentations given during the symposium. This reflects the further experimental work needed on many of the contributions following the active constructive post-presentation discussions. The international participation came from eight countries with 45% from universities, 35% from industry and 20% from government.

Although the symposium presentations in Cork focused on ferrous and non-ferrous metallic materials, contributions on glassy polymers and NiTi provided insights suggesting important concepts may be forthcoming if a broader material base was considered, which will be addressed during our next symposium, which is scheduled to be held in Schloss Hernstein, Austria during July, 2018.

We wish to thank all the referees and the Editorial Board of Corrosion Reviews and, in particular, Dr. Gunda Stöber, for helping with the review of the manuscripts.

Symposium organizers: A.K. Vasudevan, N.J.H. Holroyd, and R.M. Latanision

Published Online: 2017-9-16

Published in Print: 2017-10-26

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