Creep Rupture Strength Evaluation With Region Splitting by Half Yield

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Kimura
Keyword(s):  
Creep Strength ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Rupture Life ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Austenitic Steels ◽  
Ferritic Steels ◽  
Creep Rupture Strength ◽  
Stress Regime ◽  
Bainitic Microstructure ◽  
Creep Resistant Steels

Creep strength of ferritic and austenitic steels has been investigated on the correlation between stress vs. creep rupture life curve and 50% of 0.2% offset yield stress (half yield) at the temperatures. Inflection of stress vs. creep rupture life curve was recognized on ferritic creep resistant steels with martensitic or bainitic microstructure. However, no identifiable correlation was observed on ferritic steels with ferrite and pearlite microstructure, as well as austenitic steels and superalloys except for several alloys. Ferritic steel with martensitic or bainitic microstructure indicates softening during creep exposure, however, hardening due to precipitation takes place in the ferritic steel with ferrite and pearlite microstructure and austenitic steels. This difference in microstructural evolution is associated with indication of inflection at half yield. Stress range of half yield in the stress vs. creep life diagram of creep strength enhanced ferritic steels is wider than that of conventional ferritic creep resistant steels with martensitic or bainitic microstructure. As a result of wide stress range of boundary condition, risk of overestimation of long-term creep rupture strength by extrapolating the data in high-stress regime to low-stress regime is considered to be high for creep strength enhanced ferritic steels.

Creep Rupture Ductility of Creep Strength Enhanced Ferritic Steels

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Kimura ◽  
Kota Sawada ◽  
Hideaki Kushima
Keyword(s):  
Yield Stress ◽  
Creep Strength ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Ferritic Steels ◽  
Creep Rupture Strength ◽  
Stress Regime ◽  
Rupture Ductility ◽  
Strength And Ductility

Creep rupture strength and ductility of Creep Strength Enhanced Ferritic steels of Grades 23, 91, 92 and 122 was investigated with particular emphasis on remarkable drop in the long-term. Large difference in creep rupture strength and ductility was observed on three heats of Grade 23 steels. Remarkable drop of creep rupture strength in the long-term of T91 was comparable to those of Grades 92 and 122. Remarkable drop in creep rupture ductility in a stress regime below 50% of 0.2% offset yield stress was observed on Grade T23 steel, however, that of Grade P23 steel did not indicate any degradation of creep rupture ductility. Higher creep rupture ductility of Grade P23 steel was considered to be caused by its lower creep strength than that of T23 steels. Creep rupture ductility of Grades 92 and 122 steels indicated rapid and drastic decrease with decrease in stress at 50% of 0.2% offset yield stress. Stress dependence of creep rupture ductility of Grades 92 and 122 steels was well described by a ratio of stress to 0.2% offset yield stress, regardless of temperature. On the other hand, large drop in creep rupture ductility of Grade 91 steel was observed only in the very low stress regime at 650°C. Alloying elements including impurities and changes in precipitates may influence on creep rupture ductility, however, remarkable drop in ductility of the steels cannot be explained by chemical composition and precipitates. High ductility in the high stress regime above 50% of 0.2% offset yield stress should be provided by easy plastic deformation, and it has been concluded that a remarkable drop in ductility in the low stress regime is derived from a concentration of creep deformation into a tiny recovered region formed at the vicinity of grain boundary.

Creep Rupture Ductility of Creep Strength Enhanced Ferritic Steels

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Kimura ◽  
Kota Sawada ◽  
Hideaki Kushima
Keyword(s):  
Yield Stress ◽  
Creep Strength ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Ferritic Steels ◽  
Creep Rupture Strength ◽  
Stress Regime ◽  
Rupture Ductility ◽  
Strength And Ductility

Creep rupture strength and ductility of creep strength enhanced ferritic steels of Grades 23, 91, 92, and 122 was investigated with particular emphasis on remarkable drop in the long-term. Large difference in creep rupture strength and ductility was observed on three heats of Grade 23 steels. Remarkable drop of creep rupture strength in the long-term of T91 was comparable to those of Grades 92 and 122. Remarkable drop in creep rupture ductility in a stress regime below 50% of 0.2% offset yield stress was observed on Grade T23 steel, however, that of Grade P23 steel did not indicate any degradation of creep rupture ductility. Higher creep rupture ductility of Grade P23 steel was considered to be caused by its lower creep strength than that of T23 steels. Creep rupture ductility of Grades 92 and 122 steels indicated rapid and drastic decrease with decrease in stress at 50% of 0.2% offset yield stress. Stress dependence of creep rupture ductility of Grades 92 and 122 steels was well described by a ratio of stress to 0.2% offset yield stress, regardless of temperature. On the other hand, large drop in creep rupture ductility of Grade 91 steel was observed only in the very low-stress regime at 650 °C. Alloying elements including impurities and changes in precipitates may influence on creep rupture ductility, however, remarkable drop in ductility of the steels cannot be explained by chemical composition and precipitates. High ductility in the high-stress regime above 50% of 0.2% offset yield stress should be provided by easy plastic deformation, and it has been concluded that a remarkable drop in ductility in the low-stress regime is derived from a concentration of creep deformation into a tiny recovered region formed at the vicinity of grain boundary.

Influence of Oxidation on Long-Term Creep Strength of ASME Grade 23 Steel

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Kimura ◽  
Kota Sawada ◽  
Masakazu Fujitsuka ◽  
Hideaki Kushima
Keyword(s):  
Creep Strength ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Rupture Life ◽  
Microstructural Change ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Creep Rupture Strength ◽  
Gas Atmosphere ◽  
Helium Gas ◽  
Term Creep

Creep test of ASME Grade 23 steel has been conducted at 625 and 650°C in helium gas atmosphere. Long-term creep strength of the steel in helium gas was compared with that in air and the influence of oxidation on long-term creep strength was investigated. Creep rupture strength drop was observed in the long-term at 625 and 650°C in air, and the same creep rupture strength drop was observed also in helium gas at 625°C. On the other hand, although creep rupture strength drop was observed in the long-term at 650°C in helium gas, creep rupture life in the long-term in helium gas was slightly longer than that in air at 650°C. Creep rupture life in the long-term at 650°C in air is reduced by not only degradation due to microstructural change, but also marked oxidation, however, that at 625°C is considered to be shortened mainly by a degradation caused by microstructural change. Long-term creep strength of ASME Grade 23 steel at 600°C and above should be reevaluated in consideration of strength drop due to microstructural change.

Region Splitting Analysis on Creep Strength Enhanced Ferritic Steels

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Kimura ◽  
Hideaki Kushima ◽  
Kota Sawada ◽  
Yoshiaki Toda
Keyword(s):  
Creep Strength ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Ferritic Steels ◽  
Creep Rupture Strength ◽  
Delta Ferrite ◽  
Time To Rupture ◽  
Term Creep ◽  
Region Splitting

Overestimation of long-term creep strength of creep strength enhanced ferritic steels is caused by inflection of a relation between stress and time to rupture. Creep rupture strength of those steels has been re-evaluated by a region splitting analysis and allowable tensile stress of some steels regulated in METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) Thermal Power Standard Code in Japan has been reduced. A region splitting analysis method evaluates creep rupture strength in the short- and the long-term individually, which is separated by 50% of 0.2% offset yield stress. Inflection of stress vs. time to rupture curve is attributable to longer creep rupture life with a stabilized microstructure of creep strength enhanced ferritic steels, since tensile strength property, which determines short-term creep rupture strength, remains the same level. Accuracy of creep rupture strength evaluation is improved by region splitting analysis. Delta ferrite produces concentration gap due to difference in equilibrium composition of austenite and ferrite at the normalizing temperature. It increases driving force for diffusion and promotes recovery of tempered martensite adjacent to delta-ferrite. Concentration gap may be produced also in heat affected zone (HAZ), especially in fine grain HAZ similar to that in dual phase steel, and it has possibilities to promote recovery and, therefore, to decrease creep strength.

Cold Work Effect on Creep Rupture Strength of Austenitic Boiler Steels

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fujimitsu Masuyama
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Creep Strength ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Cold Work ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Austenitic Steels ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Creep Rupture Strength ◽  
Cold Worked

In order to clarify the effect of cold work, warm work at working temperatures of up to 400°C and chemical compositions on the creep rupture strength of austenitic steels used for boiler tubing and high temperature support structures, long-term creep rupture tests were carried out on typical 18Cr-8Ni system steels consisting of TP304H, TP316H, TP321H and TP347H grade tubes and of TP321 plates. The long-term (100,000 hours) creep rupture strength of these steels was evaluated in terms of working ratio and Ni-equivalent. It was consequently clarified that creep rupture strength was substantially reduced in the cold-worked TP321 and TP321H materials, although warm-work resulted in less work-induced deterioration. It was also found creep rupture strength was enhanced by the higher Ni-eq in 18Cr-8Ni austenitic steels, and that the combined conditions of working ratio and Ni-eq govern the creep rupture strength criteria of weaker or stronger than as-received strength. Additionally the effect of cold work on the creep rupture strength and ductility of recently developed creep-strength enhanced 23Cr austenitic stainless steel (a candidate material for the hot end of superheaters in ultra-high temperature fossil-fired power plants) was considered. The strength of cold worked 23Cr austenitic steel was observed to fall below the as-received strength at stresses within about 120MPa, while re-solution annealing recovered the creep strength level to the as-received strength across the entire stress region.

Prediction of Breakdown Transition of Creep Strength in Advanced High Cr Ferritic Steels by Hardness Measurement of Aged Structures at High Temperature

2007 ◽  
Vol 345-346 ◽  
pp. 553-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Ghassemi Armaki ◽  
Kouichi Maruyama ◽  
Mitsuru Yoshizawa ◽  
Masaaki Igarashi
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Hardness Measurement ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Ferritic Steels ◽  
Creep Rupture Strength ◽  
Cr Concentration ◽  
Reduction Of Area ◽  
Term Creep

Recent researches have shown the premature breakdown of creep rupture strength in long term creep region of advanced high Cr ferritic steels. As safe operation of power plants becomes a serious problem we should be able to detect and predict the breakdown transition of creep rupture strength. Some methods for detecting the breakdown transition have been presented till now like the measurement of reduction of area after creep rupture and particle size of laves phase. However it will be more economic if we make use of non-destructive tests, for example, hardness testing. In this paper 3 types of ferritic steels with different Cr concentration have been studied. The results suggest that the hardness of aged structures is constant independently of exposure time in short term region, whereas the hardness breaks down in long term region. The boundary of breakdown in hardness coincides with that of breakdown in creep rupture strength.

Evaluation of Long-Term Creep Strength of Welded Joints of ASME Grades 91, 92 and 122 Type Steels

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masatsugu Yaguchi ◽  
Takuaki Matsumura ◽  
Katsuaki Hoshino
Keyword(s):  
Creep Strength ◽  
Welded Joints ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Reduction Factor ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Creep Rupture Strength ◽  
Strength Reduction Factor ◽  
Rupture Data ◽  
Term Creep

Creep rupture data of welded joints of ASME Grades 91, 92 and 122 type steels have been collected and long-term creep rupture strength of the materials has been evaluated. Similar study was conducted by the SHC Committee in 2004 and 2005, therefore, the evaluation of the creep rupture strength was conducted with emphasis on the long-term creep rupture data obtained after the previous study, in addition to discussion of the effects of product form, welding procedure and test temperature etc. on the creep strength. Almost the same results were obtained on the welded joint of Grade 92 as the previous study, however, the master creep life equations for the welded joints of Grades 91 and 122 were lower than the previous results, especially in the case of Grade 122. Furthermore, the creep strength reduction factor obtained from 100,000 hours creep strength of welded joints and base metal was given as a function of temperature.

Study of Creep Strength for P91 Steels after Short Term Overheating above Ac3 Temperature

2013 ◽  
Vol 393 ◽  
pp. 94-101
Author(s):  
Ng Guat Peng ◽  
Badrol Ahmad ◽  
Mohd Razali Muhamad ◽  
M. Ahadlin
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Creep Strength ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Rupture Life ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Tempered Martensite ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Rupture Stress ◽  
Limited Creep

Advanced ferritic steels containing 9 wt% Cr are widely used in the construction of supercritical and ultra supercritical boiler components. The microstructure of the as supplied 91 materials consists of a tempered martensite matrix, a fine dispersion of intergranular chromium rich M23C6 precipitates and intragranular carbonitrides MX particles rich in V and Nb. This steel requires post weld heat treatment (PWHT) to produce a tempered microstructure after welding to develop excellent creep strength for high temperature service. Based on past experience, situations may arise whereby the components are subjected to an accidental overshoot in temperature during PWHT. The short excursion to high temperature beyond Ac3 would have resulted in the formation of deleterious phases, for example, soft α-ferrite which has poor creep strength and hard martensite which has a low toughness. In this study, the degraded specimens with soft α ferrite as a result of cooling transformation from 900°C are proven to have a limited creep rupture life where the creep rupture strength dropped remarkably after 1000 hours. As the peak temperature increased to 950°C and 1000°C, hard and brittle martensite was formed on cooling. The creep specimens were found to exhibit better creep strength; most probably the creep behavior was improved by the tempering effect at 600°C during creep tests. Nevertheless, despite the tempering which might have improved the toughness slightly, the high temperature creep rupture stress still had dropped approximately 40%, as compared to the virgin alloys in the range of rupture time from 1,000 hours to 10,000 hours.

Assessment of Long-Term Creep Strength and Review of Allowable Stress of High Cr Ferritic Creep Resistant Steels

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Kimura
Keyword(s):  
Creep Strength ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Allowable Stress ◽  
Creep Rupture Strength ◽  
Standard Code ◽  
Creep Resistant Steels ◽  
Term Creep ◽  
Power Standard

Large drop in creep rupture strength in the long-term is a noticeable phenomenon for high Cr ferritic creep resistant steels, and the neglecting this phenomenon may result in overestimation of 100,000h creep rupture strength, and allowable stress. A committee at Japan Power Engineering and Inspection Corporation was organized to evaluate long-term creep strength and to review current allowable stresses of high Cr ferritic creep resistant steels. Life prediction method for high Cr ferritic creep resistant steels with tempered martensite microstructure is discussed. Appropriateness of current allowable tensile stress regulated in METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) Thermal Power Standard Code has been assessed on a modified 9Cr-1Mo steel (ASME Gr.91) and KA-SUS410J3 type steels. KA-SUS410J3 is a material specification in METI Thermal Power Standard Code and corresponds to ASME Gr.122. The validity of existing allowable stress was shown on a modified 9Cr-1Mo steel. Those for KA-SUS410J3 type steels, however, have been revised to the lower values.

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