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CORROSION FATIGUE;MECHANICS,METALLURGY,ELECTROCHEMISTRY,AND ENGINEERING A symposium sponsored by ASTM Committees E-9 on Fatigue,E-24 on Fracture Testing,and G-1 on Corrosion of Metals,and Metal Properties Council St.Louis,Missouri,21-22 Oct.1981 ASTM SPECIAL TECHNICAL PUBLICATION 801 T.W.Crooker,Naval Research Laboratory,and B.N.Leis,Battelle Columbus Laboratories,editors m ASTM Publication Code Number(PCN)04-801000-30 1916 Race Street,Philadelphia,Pa.19103 Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Mon Dec 21 12:12:01 EST 2015Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Washington(University of Washington)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.Copyright by AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS 1983 Library of Congress Cataiog Card Number:82-83519 NOTE The Society is not responsible,as a body,for the statements and opinions advanced in this publication.Printed in Baltimore.Md.(b)May 1983 Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Mon Dec 21 12:12:01 EST 2015Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Washington(University of Washington)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.B.Floyd Brown 1920-1981 Dedication Dr.Floyd Brown was involved in planning and orga-nizing the 1981 Symposium on Corrosion Fatigue from its earliest inception.He died on 16 August 1981 and those concerned with the symposium felt the loss of his wisdom and guidance.Dr.Brown received his education at the University of Kentucky,the Carnegie Institute of Technology,and Cambridge University.Following an early academic ca-reer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and North Carolina State University,Dr.Brown joined the Naval Research Laboratory in 1954 as head of the Physi-cal Metallurgy Branch,a position he held until his retire-ment from federal service in 1972.From 1972 until his death,he was a senior research scientist at American University in Washington,D.C.Dr.Brown was probably best known in ASTM circles for his personal research in stress-corrosion cracking.He made some of the earliest and most important contribu-tions to the marriage of fracture mechanics and corro-Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Mon Dec 21 12:12:01 EST 2015Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Washington(University of Washington)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.sion science.Early development of the stress-corrosion cracking threshold parameter,Kicc.ds achieved in large measure by Dr.Brown.In association with co-workers,he pioneered knowledge of localized electro-chemistry at crack tips in stress corrosion.Although less well recognized for his contributions to corrosion fatigue,he played a guiding role in numerous early studies of cor-rosion-fatigue crack growth.His final paper on corrosion fatigue appears in this volume.Dr.Brown published and lectured widely during his career,which brought him international recognition and numerous professional awards.He was a member of ASTM Committee G-1 on Corrosion of Metals and the Committee on Publications.He will be sadly missed by those who benefited from his insight and encouragement when venturing into puzzling fields of investigation in-volving mechanical failure complicated by corrosion.Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Mon Dec 21 12:12:01 EST 2015Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Washington(University of Washington)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.Foreword This publication contains papers presented at the Symposium on Corrosion Fatigue:Mechanics,Metallurgy,Electrochemistry,and Engineering,held in St.Louis,Missouri,on 21-22 October 1981.Sponsors of the event were ASTM Committees E-9 on Fatigue,E-24 on Fracture Testing,and G-1 on Corrosion of Metals,and the Metal Properties Council.T.W.Crooker,Naval Research Laboratory,and B.N.Leis,Battelle Columbus Laboratories,served as sym-posium chairmen and have edited this publication.Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Mon Dec 21 12:12:01 EST 2015Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Washington(University of Washington)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.Related ASTM Publications Residual Stress Effects in Fatigue,STP 776(1982),04-776000-30 Low-Cycle Fatigue and Life Prediction,STP 770(1982),04-770000-30 Atmospheric Corrosion of Metals,STP 767(1982),04-767000-27 Design of Fatigue and Fracture Resistant Structures,STP 761(1932),04-761000-30 Stress Corrosion CrackingThe Slow Strain-Rate Technique,STP 665(1979),04-665000-27 Intergranular Corrosion of Stainless Alloys,STP 656(1978),04-656000-27 Fracture Mechanics(13th Conference),STP 743(1981),04-743000-30 Fractography and Materials Science,STP 733(1981),04-733000-30 Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Mon Dec 21 12:12:01 EST 2015Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Washington(University of Washington)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.A Note of Appreciation to Reviewers The quality of the papers that appear in this publication reflec