Effect of Cavity Growth Rate and Cr on High Temperature Crack Growth in P92 and P122 Steels

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1627-1632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byeongsoo Lim ◽  
Chanseo Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Nucleation ◽  
Cavity Growth ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Stress Changes ◽  
Growth Activation ◽  
Cavity Growth Rate ◽  
Temperature Crack

In this work, the velocity of crack propagation at high temperature was investigated with da / dt - C t relationship using recently developed P92 and P122 steels. Role of cavity in crack growth rate and load line displacement rate was studied by measuring the cavity size and density, which will influence crack nucleation and growth. Since temperature and stress changes are particularly important at high temperature, crack growth behavior was evaluated under various temperature and K i(initial stress intensity factor). Effect of Cr content was evaluated by measuring crack growth activation energy in thesis.

Evaluation of Crack Growth Behavior of Alloy 625 Under Cyclic Loading in a Steam Environment at 750°C

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoichi Takeda ◽  
Hirofumi Sato ◽  
Shuhei Yamamoto ◽  
Takamichi Tokunaga ◽  
Akio Ohji
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Crack Growth Rate ◽  
Crack Length ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Growth Behavior ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior

Advanced ultra supercritical (A-USC) steam power generation, in which high-pressure steam is raised to beyond 700°C, is being studied internationally. The creep strength of Ni-based super alloys evaluated at these high temperatures in an air environment makes these materials promising candidates for the material to be used for the structural components of these generators. Since they are exposed to high temperature steam, it is important that the effect of the environment on the degradation of these materials is investigated. In this investigation, the crack growth rate under cyclic loading in a 750°C steam environment using a compact tension specimen was evaluated. Crack length monitoring using the direct current potential drop technique was applied to the growing crack in a high temperature environment in order to evaluate the time-dependent behavior of the crack growth. The dependence of the loading rate and amplitude in terms of the stress intensity factor was obtained. The crack growth rate increased with decreasing loading rate and increasing amplitude. Multiple loading patterns were applied to a single specimen during crack length monitoring. When the loading pattern was changed to a different pattern, in most of the cases, the crack growth rate started to change and then became stable aftera transition period. The influence of intermetallics and different phases on the crack growth behavior is discussed based on the oxidation rate of these phases.

Creep Life Evaluation by Micro-Cavities

2005 ◽  
Vol 297-300 ◽  
pp. 1858-1863 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.S. Jeong ◽  
Byeong Soo Lim
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Crack Growth Rate ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Degradation Rate ◽  
Cavity Growth ◽  
Creep Crack Growth ◽  
Operation Time ◽  
Area Fraction ◽  
Cavity Growth Rate ◽  
Good Agreement

As the operation time of a power plant increases, the degradation and the cracks inside of the structure exposed to high temperature will increase gradually. Therefore, degradation rate, crack growth rate and fracture life of the structure can be evaluated according to the level of degradation and the growth of crack length. We performed creep rupture test and crack growth test with stress and temperature changes to evaluate the degradation rate, crack growth rate and fracture life. Degradation rate was evaluated using micro-cavities. The area fraction of the cavities increased with the increasing temperature and life fraction (t/tf). da/dt, the crack growth rate against Ct estimated from the relationship between load line displacement rate and cavity increase rate, was in good agreement with the result of da/dt vs Ct acquired from the test. It shows that the creep crack growth rate can be evaluated by the increase of cavity area fraction. It was also found that the predicted life calculated with the cavity growth rate was in good agreement with experimental results.

Effect of Creep Holding Time on the Fatigue Behavior in P92 Steel Weldment at High Temperature

2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 4211-4214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bum Joon Kim ◽  
Byeong Soo Lim
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Growth Behavior ◽  
Holding Time ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Wave Shape ◽  
P92 Steel ◽  
The Relationship

In this study, the crack growth behavior in P92 steel (9%Cr-2%W) weldment was investigated at 600ı under the load of trapezoidal wave shape with various holding times. The relationship between the crack growth behavior and holding time was studied and it was characterized using the ΔK and (Ct)avg parameters. The number of micro-voids/cavities at the crack tip and fracture modes were examined and the relationship between crack growth rate and holding time was investigated.

scholarly journals In-situ SEM and optical microscopy testing for investigation of fatigue crack growth mechanism under overload

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 13013
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Liang Cai
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Crack Growth Rate ◽  
Optical Microscopy ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Load Condition ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Initial Crack ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Single Overload

In this paper, the in-situ scanning electron microscope (SEM) and optical microscopy experiments are performed to investigate the crack growth behavior under the single tensile overload. The objectives are to (i) examine the overload-induced crack growth micromechanisms, including the initial crack growth acceleration and the subsequent retardation period; (ii) investigate the effective region of single overload on crack growth rate. The specimen is a small thin Al2024-T3 plate with an edge-crack, which is loaded and observed in the SEM chamber. The very high resolution images of the crack tip are taken under the simple variable amplitude loading. Imaging analysis is performed to quantify the crack tip deformation at any time instant. Moreover, an identical specimen subjected to the same load condition is observed under optical microscope. In this testing, fine speckling is performed to promote the accuracy of digital imaging correlation (DIC). The images around the crack tip are taken at the peak loads before, during and after the single overload. After that, the evolution of local strain distribution is obtained through DIC technique. The results show that the rapid connection between the main crack and microcracks accounts for the initial crack growth acceleration. The crack closure level can be responsible for the crack growth rate during the steady growth period. Besides that, the size of retardation area is larger than the classical solution.

Effect of Constraint Induced by Specimen Geometries on Crack Growth Behavior Under Creep-Fatigue Interaction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhao ◽  
Lianyong Xu
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Crack Growth Rate ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Growth Behaviour ◽  
Crack Growth Behaviour ◽  
Creep Fatigue ◽  
Crack Growth Rates

Creep-fatigue interaction would accelerate the crack growth behaviour and change the crack growth mode, which is different from that presenting in pure creep or fatigue regimes. In addition, the constraint ahead of crack tip affects the relationship between crack growth rate and fracture mechanics and thus affects the accuracy of the life prediction for high-temperature components containing defects. In this study, to reveal the role of constraint caused by various specimen geometries in the creep-fatigue regime, five different types of cracked specimens (including C-ring in tension CST, compact tension CT, single notch tension SENT, single notch bend SENB, middle tension MT) were employed. The crack growth and damage evolution behaviours were simulated using finite element method based on a non-linear creep-fatigue interaction damage model considering creep damage, fatigue damage and interaction damage. The expression of (Ct)avg for different specimen geometries were given. Then, the variation of crack growth behaviour with various specimen geometries under creep-fatigue conditions were analysed. CT and CST showed the highest crack growth rates, which were ten times as the lowest crack growth rates in MT. This revealed that distinctions in specimen geometry influenced the in-plane constraint level ahead of crack tip. Furthermore, a load-independent constraint parameter Q* was introduced to correlate the crack growth rate. The sequence of crack growth rate at a given value of (Ct)avg was same to the reduction of Q*, which shown a linear relation in log-log curve.

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