scholarly journals Effect of Strain Rate on the Low Cycle Fatigue Behavior of 316L(N) Stainless Steel Weld Joints

2013 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 176-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayan Kalyan Chandra ◽  
Vani Shankar ◽  
K. Mariappan ◽  
R. Sandhya ◽  
P.C. Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Steel Weld ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Weld Joints ◽  
Stainless Steel Weld

The Effect of Nitrogen Alloying on the Low Cycle Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction Behavior of 316LN Stainless Steel

2013 ◽  
Vol 794 ◽  
pp. 441-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.V. Prasad Reddy ◽  
R. Sandhya ◽  
M.D. Mathew ◽  
S. Sankaran
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Hold Time ◽  
Cyclic Plasticity ◽  
Dynamic Strain ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Intergranular Cracking ◽  
Creep Fatigue

Low cycle fatigue (LCF) and Creep-fatigue interaction (CFI) behavior of 316LN austenitic stainless steel alloyed with 0.07, 0.11, 0.14, .22 wt.% nitrogen is briefly discussed in this paper. The strain-life fatigue behavior of these steels is found to be dictated by not only cyclic plasticity but also by dynamic strain aging (DSA) and secondary cyclic hardening (SCH). The influence of the above phenomenon on cyclic stress response and fatigue life is evaluated in the present study. The above mentioned steels exhibited both single-and dual-slope strain-life fatigue behavior depending on the test temperatures. Concomitant dislocation substructural evolution has revealed transition in substructures from planar to cell structures justifying the change in slope. The beneficial effect of nitrogen on LCF life is observed to be maximum for 316LN with nitrogen in the range 0.11 - 0.14 wt.%, for the tests conducted over a range of temperatures (773-873 K) and at ±0.4 and 0.6 % strain amplitudes at a strain rate of 3*10-3 s-1. A decrease in the applied strain rate from 3*10-3 s-1 to 3*10-5 s-1 or increase in the test temperature from 773 to 873 K led to a peak in the LCF life at a nitrogen content of 0.07 wt.%. Similar results are obtained in CFI tests conducted with tensile hold periods of 13 and 30 minutes. Fractography studies of low strain rate and hold time tested specimens revealed extensive intergranular cracking.

Low-Cycle Fatigue Properties of Steels and Their Weld Metals

1989 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Z. Itoh ◽  
H. Kashiwaya
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Weld Metal ◽  
Arc Welding ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Steel Weld ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Weld Metals ◽  
Metal Arc Welding

Completely reversed, strain-controlled, low-cycle fatigue behavior at room temperature is investigated for steels and their weld metals. Weld metal specimens were taken from multi-pass weld metal deposited by shield metal arc welding (SMAW) and gas metal arc welding (GMAW), such that their gage length consisted entirely of the weld metal. Results indicate that there is a trend toward reduction in the low-cycle fatigue life of weld metals as compared with the base metals. In low carbon steel weld metals, the tendency described above is explained in terms of local plastic strain concentration by lack of uniformity of the multi-pass weld metals. The weld metals do not have the same mechanical properties anywhere as confirmed by hardness distribution, and the fatigue crack grows preferentially through the temper softened region in the multi-pass welds. In Type 308 stainless steel weld metals, the ductility reduction causes reductions in low-cycle fatigue life. This study leads to the conclusion that fairly accurate estimates of the low-cycle fatigue life of weld metals can be obtained using Manson’s universal slope method. However, life estimates of the Type 304 stainless steel is difficult due to a lack of ductility caused by a deformation-induced martensitic transformation.

Evaluation of the Effect of Dynamic Sodium on the Low Cycle Fatigue Properties of 316L(N) Stainless Steel Base and Weld Joints

2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Ganesan ◽  
R. Kannan ◽  
K. Mariappan ◽  
G. Sukumaran ◽  
R. Sandhya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steel ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Constant Strain Rate ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Weld Joints ◽  
Steel Base

AbstractLow cycle fatigue (LCF) tests on 316L(N) austenitic stainless steel base and weld joints were at 823 K and 873 K at a constant strain rate of 3

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