Esis technical committee 10 “environmentally assisted cracking”

Abstract

We present a brief sketch of the history of creation of the Technical Committee 10 on “Environmentally Assisted Cracking” at the ESIS and outline its principal tasks. They are based on the application of the approaches of fracture mechanics to the investigation of the processes of corrosion cracking and corrosion fatigue. Since 1990, the TC 10 has organized six meetings with 154 participants from 15 countries. Recent years are marked by a significant increase in the number of participants from the countries of Eastern and Central Europe. As an achievement of the TC 10, one can also mention the appearance of a series of methodical works, in particular, by R. J. H. Wanhill “Fracture Control Guidelines for Stress Corrosion Cracking of High Strength Alloys” and by G. Gabetta and I. Cole “Fracture Control Guidelines for Environmentally-Assisted Cracking of Low-Alloy Steels.” In addition, the TC 10 developed the first draft of “Recommendations for Stress Corrosion Testing Using Precracked Specimens” (ESIS Document P4-92D). In future, the attention of the TC 10 will also be given to the development of procedures for the evaluation of lifetime, investigation of the mechanisms of corrosion cracking and corrosion fatigue, and simulation of these processes.