A Quantified Study of the Resistance of Duplex Stainless Steels to HISC: Part 2 - Significance of the hydrogen permeation properties and severity of stress raisers, on hydrogen transport and cracking

CORROSION ◽  
10.5006/3961 ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Blanchard ◽  
Kasra Sotoudeh ◽  
James Hesketh ◽  
Gareth Hinds ◽  
Hongbiao Dong
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Hydrogen Permeation ◽  
Microstructural Analysis ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Fracture Toughness Test ◽  
Hydrogen Transport ◽  
Product Forms ◽  
Stress Raisers

The quantified microstructural analysis carried out on a wrought and a hot isostatically-pressed (HIP) UNS S31803 duplex stainless steel (DSS) in the Part 1 publication of this study 1, established the significance of the three-dimensional (3D) distribution and morphology/geometry of the ferrite and austenite phases on hydrogen transport through two DSS product forms. This paper is a follow-on to Part 1, and focuses on the role of the other two key, interrelated components of hydrogen-induced stress cracking (HISC): stress/strain, and hydrogen. For this purpose, experimental hydrogen permeation measurements, and environmental fracture toughness testing (i.e. J R-curve testing) using conventional and non-standard single-edge notched bend test specimens were used. These particularly enabled interpretation of the hydrogen permeation and transport test data, and evaluation of suitability of environmental fracture toughness test methods for the assessment of resistance to HISC in DSSs. The latter is discussed, both from laboratory and component integrity perspectives, in the context of the findings from the 3D microstructural characterisation of the two phases, the role of stress raisers and their severity, and hydrogen transport through the bulk and from the surface.

Assessing Low-Constraint Fracture Toughness Test Methods Using Clamped SENT Specimens

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian-Kui Zhu ◽  
Tom McGaughy
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Fracture Toughness Test ◽  
Single Edge ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
End Conditions ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Low Constraint

Abstract The low-constraint fracture toughness can be measured using a single edge-notched tension (SENT) specimen in the clamped-end conditions. The SENT specimen has been used in the oil and gas industry in the strain-based design and the crack assessment for transmission pipelines. Since 2006 when DNV published the first SENT test practice, many investigations have been done, and various SENT test methods were developed, including CANMET and ExxonMobil methods in terms of the J-integral and CTOD. The effort led to the first SENT test standard BS 8571 being published in 2014. However, the experimental evaluation methods remain in developing, and different methods may determine inconsistent results. For this reason, the present paper gives a brief review on SENT fracture testing and assesses the available test methods, including progresses on study of stress intensity factor, geometric eta factors, elastic compliance equation, and constraint m factor as well. The difference between J-converted CTOD and double clip gage measured CTOD is also discussed. On those bases, agreements and challenges in SENT testing are identified. The results provide a direction for further investigation to improve the current SENT test methods.

Methods to Determine Low-Constraint Fracture Toughness: Review and Progress

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian-Kui Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Standard Test ◽  
Initiation Toughness ◽  
Fracture Toughness Test ◽  
Crack Tip Opening Displacement ◽  
Test Procedures ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Resistance Curves ◽  
Low Constraint

Fracture toughness is often described by the J-integral or crack-tip opening displacement (CTOD) for ductile materials. ASTM, BSI and ISO have developed their own standard test methods for measuring fracture initiation toughness and resistance curves in terms of the J and CTOD using bending dominant specimens in high constraint conditions. However, most actual cracks are in low constraint conditions, and the standard resistance curves may be overly conservative. To obtain more realistic fracture toughness for actual cracks in low-constraint conditions, different fracture test methods have been developed in the past decades. To facilitate understanding and use the test standards, this paper presents a critical review on commonly used fracture toughness test methods using standard and non-standard specimens in reference to the fracture parameters J and CTOD, including (1) ASTM, BSI and ISO standard test methods, (2) constraint correction methods for formulating a constraint-dependent resistance curve, and (3) direct test methods using the single edge-notched tension (SENT) specimen. This review discusses basic concepts, basic methods, estimation equations, test procedures, historical efforts and recent progresses.

Fractography and Fracture Toughness Measurement

2009 ◽  
Vol 409 ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Morrell
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Surface Crack ◽  
Ceramic Materials ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Fracture Toughness Test ◽  
Single Edge ◽  
Fracture Toughness Measurement ◽  
Beam Method ◽  
Toughness Measurement ◽  
Good Agreement

Using a variety of advanced ceramic materials, a comparison has been conducted of fracture toughness test methods using the single edge vee-notch beam method and the surface crack in flexure method, the latter restricted to optical fractography. Good agreement has been found between the two methods on materials which were amenable to the SCF method. It has further been shown that the SEVNB method can produce reliable results on materials to which the SCF method is not readily applicable.

Evaluation of Fracture Toughness Test Methods for Linepipe Steels

2014 ◽  
pp. 101-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jidong Kang ◽  
Guowu Shen ◽  
Jie Liang ◽  
Kyle Brophy ◽  
Andrew Mendonca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Fracture Toughness Test ◽  
Toughness Test ◽  
Linepipe Steels

A New Test Method for Determining the Strength and Fracture Toughness of Cement Mortar and Concrete

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Jy-An Wang ◽  
Ken C. Liu ◽  
Dan Naus
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Computer Code ◽  
Cementitious Materials ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Fracture Toughness Test ◽  
Dimensional Finite Element ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Torsion Fracture ◽  
Three Dimensional Finite Element

The Spiral Notch Torsion Fracture Toughness Test (SNTT) was developed recently to determine the intrinsic fracture toughness (KIC) of structural materials. The SNTT system operates by applying pure torsion to uniform cylindrical specimens with a notch line that spirals around the specimen at a 45° pitch. KIC values are obtained with the aid of an in-house developed three-dimensional finite-element computer code, TOR3D-KIC. The SNTT method is uniquely suitable for testing a wide variety of materials used extensively in pressure vessel and piping structural components and weldments. Application of the method to metallic, ceramic, and graphite materials has been demonstrated. One important characteristic of SNTT is that neither a fatigue precrack nor a deep notch are required for the evaluation of brittle materials, which significantly reduces the sample size requirement. In this paper we report results for a Portland cement-based mortar to demonstrate applicability of the SNTT method to cementitious materials. The estimated KIC of the tested mortar samples with compressive strength of 34.45 MPa was found to be 0.19 MPa √m.

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