Which risk increases in pre-stressed concrete beams when hydrogen permeation occurs during welding?

💡 Explanation

Hydrogen permeation can weaken high-strength steel because it leads to hydrogen embrittlement enhancing crack propagation via environmentally assisted cracking, eventually causing brittle fracture; therefore brittle fracture risk increases, rather than corrosion or concrete strength reduction, which involve different failure actions.

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