Author: L. A. SimpsonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Factors controlling hydrogen assisted subcritical crack growth in zr-2.5 nb alloys
Author: L. A. SimpsonFactors Controlling Hydrogen Assisted Subcritical Crack Growth in Zr-2.5Nb Alloys
Author: LA. SimpsonPublisher:
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Category : Cracks
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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The delayed failure of cold-worked Zr-2.5Nb pressure tube. material has been studied using static load tests on compact-tension specimens containing hydrogen within the range ~ 10 to 400 ?g/g. The experimental approach was to measure crack velocity (V) as a function of crack tip stress intensity factor (K), temperature and hydrogen content, relate these data to fractographic and metallographic observations, and compare the results with recent models of hydrogen embrittlement. Slow crack growth was observed at all temperatures between 25 and 325 °C and at K values between ~ 10 and 50 MPam. Below 250°C, the V-K relationships exhibited two-stage behavior; at K > 15 to 20 MPam, the crack velocity was only weekly dependent on stress intensity, whereas at smaller K values, the crack velocity decreased rapidly with K, an indication of a threshold value of K ~ 5 to 10 MPam. The crack velocity increased with increase in temperature, although because of scatter in the data, this could not be expressed quantitatively. At 250°C and above, slow crack growth was not reproducible except after a thermal cycle. The thermal cycle produced a region of reoriented hydrides concentrated at the crack tip which significantly reduced the incubation period for crack growth and confirmed the important role of the hydride phase in the fracture process. Fractography showed that the features of the slow growth fracture were similar at all temperatures studied. The main observations were of ductile striations, or stretch zones, parallel to the crack front, with brittle, plate-like regions, some of which contained cleavage features, between the striations. A fracture mechanism is suggested which involves the repeated precipitation of hydride at the crack tip, followed by crack advance through this embrittled region, and crack arrest in the more ductile matrix, leading to discontinuous crack growth. This general mode of crack growth has been considered in a recent model for embrittlement in hydride-forming materials, the predictions of which show good agreement with the results from this study.
Zirconium in the Nuclear Industry: Proceedings of the Third International Conference
Author: Energy Research Abstracts
Author: ASTM Special Technical Publication
Author: Zirconium in the Nuclear Industry
Author: Hydrogen Assisted Subcritical Crack Growth and Crack-tip Plasticity
Author: Shantikumar Vasudevan NairPublisher:
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Category : Steel
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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List of Publications
Author: Atomic Energy of Canada LimitedPublisher:
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Critical Issues in Hydrogen Assisted Cracking of Structural Alloys
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Languages : en
Pages : 25
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Both internal and hydrogen environment assisted cracking continue to seriously limit high performance structural alloys and confound quantitative component prognosis. While intergranular H cracking assisted by impurity segregation can be minimized, other mechanisms promote IG cracking and transgranular H cracking modes have emerged; new alloys suffer serious H cracking similar to old materials. Micromechanical models of crack tip H localization and damage by decohesion predict important trends in threshold and subcritical crack growth rate behaviour. H diffusion appears to limit rates of cracking for monotonic and cyclic loading; however, uncertain%adjustable parameters hinder model effectiveness. It is necessary to better define conditions within 0.1-5 micronmeter of the crack tip, where dislocations and microstructure dominate continuum mechanics, and chemistry is localized. Nano-mechanics modeling and experimental results show very high levels of H accumulated in the crack tip fracture process zone, as necessary for interface decohesion. Contributing mechanisms include high crack tip stresses due to dislocation processes such as strain gradient plasticity, as well as powerful H production and trapping proximate to the electrochemically reacting crack tip surface. New sub- micrometer resolution probes of crack tip damage will better define features such as crack path crystallography (EBSD + Stereology) and surface morphology (high brightness, dual detector SEM), local H concentration (%IDS and NRA), and validate crack tip mechanics modelling (micro-Laue x-ray diffraction and EBSD).
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