noun
stress corrosion
Technical term in materials science and engineering, referring to cracking or degradation caused by combined mechanical stress and a corrosive environment.
応力腐食割れは、金属材料の重要な破壊メカニズムの一つです。
Stress corrosion cracking is one of the important failure mechanisms in metallic materials.
Compound of 応力 (stress) and 腐食 (corrosion), directly reflecting the English term 'stress corrosion'.