The effect of cold rolling on grain boundary structure and stress corrosion cracking susceptibility of twins in alloy 690 in simulated PWR primary water environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 126-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjun Kuang ◽  
Gary S. Was ◽  
Cody Miller ◽  
Mike Kaufman ◽  
Talukder Alam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Cold Rolling ◽  
Stress Corrosion ◽  
Stress Corrosion Cracking ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Corrosion Cracking ◽  
Boundary Structure ◽  
Grain Boundary Structure ◽  
Alloy 690 ◽  
Primary Water

The Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior of Alloys 690 and 152 Weld in a PWR Environment

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Alexandreanu ◽  
O. K. Chopra ◽  
W. J. Shack
Keyword(s):  
Stress Corrosion ◽  
Stress Corrosion Cracking ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Corrosion Cracking ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Cracking Behavior ◽  
Alloy 690 ◽  
Primary Water ◽  
Cold Rolled ◽  
Water Reactors

Alloys 690 and 152 are the replacement materials of choice for Alloys 600 and 182, respectively. The latter two alloys are used as structural materials in pressurized water reactors (PWRs) and have been found to undergo stress corrosion cracking (SCC). The objective of this work is to determine the crack growth rates (CGRs) in a simulated PWR water environment for the replacement alloys. The study involved Alloy 690 cold-rolled by 26% and a laboratory-prepared Alloy 152 double-J weld in the as-welded condition. The experimental approach involved pre-cracking in a primary water environment and monitoring the cyclic CGRs to determine the optimum conditions for transitioning from the fatigue transgranular to intergranular SCC fracture mode. The cyclic CGRs of cold-rolled Alloy 690 showed significant environmental enhancement, while those for Alloy 152 were minimal. Both materials exhibited SCC of 10−11 m/s under constant loading at moderate stress intensity factors. The paper also presents tensile property data for Alloy 690TT and Alloy 152 weld in the temperature range 25–870°C.

Continuity of Environmentally Assisted Fatigue and Stress Corrosion Cracking Based on Short Crack Growth Behavior of 316 Stainless Steel in Simulated PWR Primary Water

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Choongmoo Shim ◽  
Yoichi Takeda ◽  
Tetsuo Shoji
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Stress Corrosion ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Stress Corrosion Cracking ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Growth Behavior ◽  
Corrosion Cracking ◽  
Short Crack ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Primary Water

Environmental correction factor (Fen) is one of the parameters to evaluate the effect of a pressurized high temperature water environment. It has been reported that Fen for stainless steel saturates at a very low strain rate. However, the relationship between environmentally assisted fatigue (EAF) and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is still unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the short crack growth behavior and possible continuity of EAF and SCC at very low strain rates. Short crack initiation and propagation have similar behaviors, which retard the crack growth between 100–200 μm in depth. We find that the striation spacing correlates well with the maximum crack growth rate (CGR) data. Based on the correlation, it is clarified that the local CGR on an intergranular facet was faster than that on a transgranular facet. Furthermore, the overall maximum and average CGR from the EAF data is well interpreted and compared with the SCC data.

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