TY  - JOUR 
AU  - Toribio Quevedo, Jesús Andrés
AU  - Ayaso Yáñez, Francisco Javier
AU  - Lorenzo Fernández, Miguel Ángel
PY  - 2026
SN  - 0167-8442
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10366/172795
AB  - [EN]Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) is a primary cause of in-service failure of pearlitic prestressing steels, compromising the long-term durability and safety of prestressed concrete structures. This fracture process causes a material brittle fracture...
LA  - eng
PB  - Elsevier
KW  - Prestressing steel wire
KW  - Hydrogen embrittlement
KW  - Hydrogen-assisted micro-damage
KW  - Preload-induced residual stress and strain
KW  - Sharp notches
KW  - Structural integrity
TI  - Hydrogen embrittlement in pre-loaded sharply-notched samples of cold-drawn pearlitic steel wires for prestressed concrete structures: a fractographic analysis
DO  - 10.1016/J.TAFMEC.2026.105669
T2  - Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
VL  - 145
ER  -