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Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is a major degradation mechanism of Alloy 600 steam generator (SG) tubes composed of three main stages: crack incubation, crack initiation and crack propagation. Since SG tubes act as a barrier between the radioactive material and the atmosphere, …

The understanding of the cyclic deformation processes and their interaction with the kinetics of stage-I crack growth under stress control is rudimentary in copper single crystals. This understanding is necessary to conceive a method for summing damage under variable amplitude l…

Dynamic deformation, flow, and failure are integral parts of all dynamic processes in materials. Invariably, dynamic failure also involves the relative sliding of one component of the material over the other. Advances in elucidation of these failure mechanisms under high loading…