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Effect of strain rate on tensile test results in hydrogen and other concerns

July 29, 2025
Author(s)
May Martin, Zachary Buck, Allen Eckhardt, Damian Lauria, Andrew Slifka, Matthew Connolly
Tensile tests of an X52 pipeline steel were conducted in air and in hydrogen gas over a range of five orders of magnitude of strain rate. Properties such as elastic modulus, yield strength and ultimate tensile strength were unaffected by hydrogen or by

Priming Additively Manufactured Cobalt-free Maraging Steels for Improved Properties via Changes to As-Built Microstructure

July 23, 2025
Author(s)
Alec Saville, Jake Benzing, Fan Zhang, Joseph Aroh, Jordan Weaver, Russell Evans, Nicholas Derimow, Samantha Webster, Nikolas Hrabe, Cassidy Allen, Newell Moser, May Martin, Jason Holm, Christin Aumayr, Tilman Seifert, Michael Hirtler
Supply chain challenges and health concerns have spurred the development of new Co-free, Cr-containing maraging steels with several new alloys already commercialized. These alloys are a less expensive and more sustainable form of the currently used Co

On the chemomechanics of bubble growth in hydrogen attack of plain carbon steels

May 2, 2025
Author(s)
May Martin, Kshitij Vijayvargia, T Nguyen, Mohsen Dadfarnia, Aleksandar Staykov, Petros Sofronis, Masanobu Kubota, John Pugh
High temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA) is a form of degradation of carbon steels exposed to high temperature and high-pressure hydrogen whereby internal hydrogen reacting with carbides forms methane gas bubbles with an associated loss in strength and

Hydrogen Embrittlement Susceptibility and Fracture Toughness Measurements of Welded X65M Pipeline Steels

November 14, 2024
Author(s)
Newell Moser, Zack Buck, Nicholas Derimow, May Ling Martin, Damian Lauria, Enrico Lucon, Peter Bradley, Matthew Connolly
Hydrogen is known to deteriorate the mechanical performance of steels (i.e., hydrogen embrittlement). The welding processes involved in the manufacturing and joining of steel pipelines locally modifies the microstructure of the steel, further complicating

Assessing girth weld quality of pipeline steels and their susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement

August 28, 2024
Author(s)
Zack Buck, Newell Moser, Nicholas Derimow, May Ling Martin, Damian Lauria, Enrico Lucon, Douglas Stalheim, Peter Bradley, Matthew Connolly
Hydrogen has long been considered a viable carbon-free option for ever-increasing societal desires to transform our energy infrastructure towards more renewable and alternative technologies. However, the effects of hydrogen-assisted damage mechanisms that

Effects of hydrogen on the evolution of 4130 steel microstructure as a result of tensile loading

July 12, 2024
Author(s)
Zack Buck, May Ling Martin, Damian Lauria, Jason Killgore, Peter Bradley, Yan Chen, Ke An, Matthew Connolly
Neutron diffraction and Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (SKPFM) were used to study the evolution of lattice strain, dislocation density, and phase partitioning of a ferrite/martensite pressure vessel steel (AISI 4130) that resulted from tensile

Assessing girth weld quality of pipeline steels and their susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement

June 16, 2024
Author(s)
Zack Buck, Newell Moser, May Ling Martin, Nicholas Derimow, Damian Lauria, Enrico Lucon, Douglas Stalheim, Peter Bradley, Matthew Connolly
Hydrogen is known to cause premature failure in various steel infrastructures due to effects of embrittlement, which is particularly detrimental to ferritic steel structures such as pipelines and pressure vessels. Therefore, understanding the

Effects of mechanical deformation on dislocation density and phase partitioning in 4130 steel

August 22, 2023
Author(s)
Zachary Buck, Matthew Connolly, May Martin, Damian Lauria, Jason Killgore, Peter Bradley, Yan Chen, Ke An, Andrew Slifka
Interrupted tensile tests were performed on an AISI 4130 pressure vessel steel and investigated by neutron diffraction and scanning microscopy techniques. Analysis of the neutron diffraction patterns reveal a partitioning of ferrite and martensite phases

Determining Steel Weld Qualification and Performance for Hydrogen Pipelines: Phase I Report

May 23, 2023
Author(s)
Matthew Connolly, May Ling Martin, Zack Buck, Newell Moser, Enrico Lucon, Damian Lauria, Peter Bradley, Andrew Slifka, Robert Amaro
This report details the results of Phase I of the DOT/PHMSA sponsored work on "Determining Steel Weld Qualification and Performance for Hydrogen Pipelines". In this work, the goals of Phase I were 1) to perform a literature review of steel weld

Strain-life performance in hydrogen of DOT pressure vessel steel

November 7, 2022
Author(s)
May Ling Martin, Peter Bradley, Damian Lauria, Robert L. Amaro, Matthew Connolly, Andrew Slifka
Strain-life testing of a 4130 pressure vessel steel was conducted in air and in a high-pressure gaseous-hydrogen environment. Hydrogen causes an order of magnitude decrease in lifetime compared to in-air performance at the same strain-amplitudes. This

High Energy X-Ray Diffraction and Small-Angle Scattering Measurements of Hydrogen Fatigue Damage in AISI 4130 Steel

June 4, 2022
Author(s)
Matthew Connolly, May Ling Martin, Peter Bradley, Damian Lauria, Andrew Slifka, Jun-Sang Park, Robert Amaro, Jonathan Almer
Accurate lifetime predictions are critical for repurposing existing pipelines for hydrogen transmission as well as for developing novel steels which are minimally susceptible to lifetime degradation by hydrogen. Ultimately, lifetime prediction models

Hydrogen Concentration-Induced Stresses in an Environmental TEM

April 25, 2022
Author(s)
Matthew Connolly, Veruska Malave, May Martin
The hydrogen-enhanced localized plasticity (HELP) mechanism is a leading candidate among proposed hydrogen embrittlement (HE) mechanisms. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) measurements of an increased dislocation mobility on exposure to hydrogen have

INFLUENCE OF H2S ON THE LOCALISED CORROSION OF 316L STAINLESS STEEL: PART 1 - COUPON TESTING

April 4, 2022
Author(s)
James Hesketh, Edmund Dickinson, Gregory McMahon, May Ling Martin, Alan Turnbull, Gareth Hinds
Corrosion coupon immersion tests were performed on 316L SS in 50,000 ppm Cl- at 110 °C to evaluate the effect of partial pressure of H2S on pit depth and density in a simulated oilfield environment. The protective film formed in these environments was

Hydrogen-Induced Cracking and Blistering in Steels: A Review

March 31, 2022
Author(s)
May Ling Martin, Petros Sofronis
This paper presents a review of the current state of scientific understanding of the corrosion phenomenon known as Hydrogen-Induced Cracking (HIC). HIC is defined as cracking in ferritic steels where cracking is driven by the precipitation of gaseous

Evaluating a Natural Gas Pipeline Steel for Blended Hydrogen Service

March 19, 2022
Author(s)
May Ling Martin, Matthew Connolly, Zack Buck, Peter Bradley, Damian Lauria, Andrew Slifka
An X70 natural gas pipeline steel that is being considered for blended natural gas/hydrogen gas service was evaluated in a high-pressure hydrogen gas environment. Fracture toughness testing and fatigue crack growth rate testing were conducted according to

Materials Testing in Hydrogen

November 30, 2021
Author(s)
Matthew Connolly, May Ling Martin, Damian Lauria, Peter Bradley, Zack Buck, Andrew Slifka, Robert L. Amaro

Experimental study of shear and tensile properties of LIGA Ni-Fe and Ni-Co alloys at quasi-static and intermediate strain rates

April 1, 2021
Author(s)
Li-Anne Liew, David T. Read, May Martin, Todd R. Christenson, Peter E. Bradley, Nicholas Barbosa, Frank W. DelRio, John T. Geaney, Jeffrey Smyth
We report the in-plane shear properties, to fracture, of 200 um-thick LIGA nanocrystalline Ni- 10%Fe and micrograined Ni-10%Co. Planar simple shear specimens were designed, fabricated and pulled to fracture using a miniature commercial tension test stage

Influence of H2S on the pitting corrosion of 316L stainless steel

January 18, 2021
Author(s)
James Hesketh, E.J.F. Dickinson, May Martin, G. Hinds, Alan Turnbull
Coupon immersion tests were performed on 316L stainless steel in a simulated oilfield environment to evaluate the effect of H2S partial pressure on pit depth and density. Pitting was most significant at intermediate partial pressures of H2S, for which free
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