%0 journal article
%@ 0013-7944
%A Dietzel, W., Pfuff, M., Winzer, N.

%D 2010
%J Engineering Fracture Mechanics
%N 2
%P 257-263 
%R doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.07.009
%T Testing and Mesoscale Modelling of Hydrogen Assisted Cracking of Magnesium
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.07.009
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%X To rationalise the results of stress corrosion cracking tests on smooth tensile specimens of a magnesium alloy, performed as constant extension rate tensile tests, a mesoscale fibre bundle model is employed in which the material being tested is represented by a bundle of parallel fibres. The effect of hydrogen embrittlement on the stress-strain curves measured at various strain rates is simulated by assuming that the hydrogen is generated in localised corrosion pits and subsequently diffuses into the bulk, thereby reducing the strain-to-failure of individual fibres. The stress-strain curves obtained from these simulations show the same strain rate effect as was experimentally observed.