Fatigue tests were performed at low stresss intensity ranges
upon precracxed HY-80 steel specimens in air and sea water,
at stress ratios of 0.1 and 0.8 with and without cathodic
protection. Crack growth. was found to be higher at R = 0.8
than R = 0.1. Also, the relative positioning of fatigue
crack growth rate data for freely corroding and cathodically
protected specimens reversed order cs R changed from
0.1 to 0.8. Threshold stress intensity ranges were found
to be higher in sea water than in air. A comparison of
the deltaKth for HY-80 was made with. that of other steels.