Originally Posted By: Drew Hause
If that is the scenario, the scanning photomicrograph of the fracture edge would look something like this: from left to right low cycle ductile fatigue "waves in the sand", then plastic deformation (stretching) "fish eyes", and then terminal cleavage



If an extreme pressure over-load burst there would be no "waves in the sand"
Now then, if you were to include the pre existing condition of a large area of corrosion, how would this play out?