Fatigue Threshold Behavior of Stainless Steel in High Temperature Air and Water

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine West ◽  
Heather Mohr ◽  
Erik Lord
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Crack Closure ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steels ◽  
Fatigue Threshold ◽  
Threshold Behavior ◽  
Load History ◽  
History Effects ◽  
Stress Ratios ◽  
Type 304

The fatigue threshold behavior of stainless steel was assessed in high temperature air and hydrogenated deaerated water environments as a function of stress ratio (R). Fatigue threshold experiments were conducted on four different heats of type 304, 304/304L, and 308L austenitic stainless steels in 250°C air and water environments at stress ratios ranging from 0.1 to 0.8. Air and water experiments showed that operational threshold ΔK (ΔKTH) values ranged from 4.3–6.0 and 3.9–5.3 MPa√m, respectively. ΔKTH values were observed to generally decrease with increasing R which is attributable to crack closure effects. The water ΔKTH measurements were either consistent with or lower than air threshold measurements, and the potential roles of the competing effects of crack closure and hydrogen enhanced planar slip will be discussed in the context of these results. Load history effects in the form of overloads and underloads were shown to significantly impact ΔKTH measurements and these results motivated testing aimed at characterizing material property based intrinsic ΔK threshold (ΔKTH*) values. The ΔKTH* values for stainless steel fatigue crack growth in 250–288°C air and water environments are estimated to be 3 and 2 MPa√m, respectively.

ALLOY 0Cr25Ni6Mo3CuN

Alloy Digest ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Corrosion Resistance ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Stainless Steels ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steels ◽  
Temperature Performance ◽  
Steel Research ◽  
Oil Refinement

Abstract ALLOY 0Cr25Ni6Mo3CuN is one of four grades of duplex stainless steel that were developed and have found wide applications in China since 1980. In oil refinement and the petrochemical processing industries, they have substituted for austenitic stainless steels in many types of equipment, valves, and pump parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on low and high temperature performance, and corrosion resistance as well as forming and joining. Filing Code: SS-706. Producer or source: Central Iron & Steel Research Institute.

Developing New Cast Austenitic Stainless Steels With Improved High-Temperature Creep Resistance

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Maziasz ◽  
John P. Shingledecker ◽  
Neal D. Evans ◽  
Michael J. Pollard
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Creep Strength ◽  
Stainless Steels ◽  
Creep Resistance ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steels ◽  
Creep Rupture ◽  
Particulate Filter ◽  
Alloy Development ◽  
Wide Range

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Caterpillar (CAT) have recently developed a new cast austenitic stainless steel, CF8C-Plus, for a wide range of high-temperature applications, including diesel exhaust components and turbine casings. The creep-rupture life of the new CF8C-Plus is over ten times greater than that of the standard cast CF8C stainless steel, and the creep-rupture strength is about 50–70% greater. Another variant, CF8C-Plus Cu/W, has been developed with even more creep strength at 750–850°C. The creep strength of these new cast austenitic stainless steels is close to that of wrought Ni-based superalloys such as 617. CF8C-Plus steel was developed in about 1.5 years using an “engineered microstructure” alloy development approach, which produces creep resistance based on the formation of stable nanocarbides (NbC), and resistance to the formation of deleterious intermetallics (sigma, Laves) during aging or service. The first commercial trial heats (227.5 kg or 500 lb) of CF8C-Plus steel were produced in 2002, and to date, over 27,215 kg (300 tons) have been produced, including various commercial component trials, but mainly for the commercial production of the Caterpillar regeneration system (CRS). The CRS application is a burner housing for the on-highway heavy-duty diesel engines that begins the process to burn-off particulates trapped in the ceramic diesel particulate filter (DPF). The CRS/DPF technology was required to meet the new more stringent emissions regulations in January, 2007, and subjects the CRS to frequent and severe thermal cycling. To date, all CF8C-Plus steel CRS units have performed successfully. The status of testing for other commercial applications of CF8C-Plus steel is also summarized.

Fatigue Crack Propagation Tests on 304 Stainless Steel in High Temperature Water: Accelerated Cracking Rates and Transition to Lower Rates

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. L. Wire ◽  
W. M. Evans ◽  
W. J. Mills
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Hold Time ◽  
304 Stainless Steel ◽  
High Temperature Water ◽  
Stress Ratios ◽  
Temperature Water

Previous fatigue crack propagation (FCP) tests on a single heat of 304 stainless steel (304 SS) specimens showed a strong acceleration of rates in high temperature water with 40–60 cc H2/kg H2O at 288°C, with rates up to 20X the air rates. The accelerated rates were observed under fully reversed conditions (R = −1) (Wire and Mills, 2001) and high stress ratios (R = 0.7 and 0.83) (Evans and Wire, 2001). In this study, a second heat of 304 SS has been tested at 243°C and 288°C and lower positive stress ratios (R = 0.3, 0.5). The second heat showed the large acceleration of rates at 288°C observed previously. Rates were up to two times lower at 243°C, but were still 7–8X the air rates. A time-based correlation successfully correlates the accelerated rates observed, and is nearly identical to fits of literature data in hydrogen water chemistry (HWC), which has hydrogen added at a lower level of about 1 cc/kg H2O. The accelerated rates on the second heat were not stable under two different test conditions. In contrast to the first heat, the second heat showed a reduction in environmental enhancement at long rise times, accompanied by a change in fracture mode. Addition of a constant load hold time of 1200 s between cycles also caused a marked reduction in crack propagation rates in both heats, with reduction to nearly air rates in the second heat. The differing rise time effects between the two heats could be rationalized by time-dependent deformation. More hold time testing is required to define the material and loading conditions which lead to reduced rates.

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