• Experimental and numerical study on hydrogen-induced failure of X65 pipeline steel 

      Lin, Meichao; Yu, Haiyang; Wang, Dong; Díaz, Andrés; Alvaro, Antonio; Olden, Vigdis; Koren, Erik Aas; Ding, Yu; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Hydrogen-induced fracture of X65 pipeline steel under in-situ electrochemical charging is investigated by using in situ slow strain-rate tensile (SSRT) test, hydrogen diffusion test, fractography analysis, and finite element ...
    • Hydrogen Embrittlement as a Conspicuous Material Challenge─Comprehensive Review and Future Directions 

      Yu, Haiyang; Díaz, Andrés; Lu, Xu; Sun, Binhan; Ding, Yu; Koyama, Motomichi; He, Jianying; Zhou, Xiao; Oudriss, Abdelali; Feaugas, Xavier; Zhang, Zhiliang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Hydrogen is considered a clean and efficient energy carrier crucial for shaping the net-zero future. Large-scale production, transportation, storage, and use of green hydrogen are expected to be undertaken in the coming ...
    • Hydrogen-enhanced grain boundary vacancy stockpiling causes transgranular to intergranular fracture transition 

      Ding, Yu; Yu, Haiyang; Lin, Meichao; Zhao, Kai; Xiao, Senbo; Vinogradov, Alexei; Qiao, Lijie; Ortiz, Michael; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The attention to hydrogen embrittlement (HE) has been intensified recently in the light of hydrogen as a carbon-free energy carrier. Despite worldwide research, the multifaceted HE mechanism remains a matter of debate. ...
    • A microstructure informed and mixed-mode cohesive zone approach to simulating hydrogen embrittlement 

      Lin, Meichao; Yu, Haiyang; Wang, Xu; wang, ruijun; Ding, Yu; Alvaro, Antonio; Olden, Vigdis; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Hydrogen induced failure under uniaxial tension is simulated in a duplex stainless steel considering microstructural feature of the material. There are three key ingredients in the modelling approach: image processing and ...
    • A microstructure informed and mixed-mode cohesive zone approach to simulating hydrogen embrittlement 

      Lin, Meichao; Yu, Haiyang; Wang, Xu; wang, ruijun; Ding, Yu; Alvaro, Antonio; Olden, Vigdis; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Hydrogen induced failure under uniaxial tension is simulated in a duplex stainless steel considering microstructural feature of the material. There are three key ingredients in the modelling approach: image processing and ...
    • A predictive model unifying hydrogen enhanced plasticity and decohesion 

      Lin, Meichao; Yu, Haiyang; Ding, Yu; Wang, Gang; Olden, Vigdis; Alvaro, Antonio; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The detrimental effect of hydrogen on metals which manifests itself as a transition from a ductile to a brittle failure mode is, for the first time, incorporated into a unified continuum-scale predictive framework. The ...
    • Simulation of ductile-to-brittle transition combining complete Gurson model and CZM with application to hydrogen embrittlement 

      Lin, Meichao; Yu, Haiyang; Ding, Yu; Olden, Vigdis; Alvaro, Antonio; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      A general simulation framework for modelling ductile-to-brittle transition in metals is proposed. The method combines the complete Gurson model and cohesive zone model, which brings ductile and brittle fracture mechanisms ...