Effects of mean tensile stresses on high-cycle fatigue life and strain accumulation in some reactor materials [electronic resource].

Published:: Upton, N.Y. : Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1977.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description:: Pages: 61 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Brookhaven National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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An assessment has been made of the effects of mean tensile stresses on the high-cycle fatigue behavior of solution-treated Type 304 stainless steel, normalized and tempered 2/sup 1///sub 4/Cr-1Mo steel, Incoloy-800H, and low-carbon Incoloy-800. Mean stresses are usually detrimental to fatigue strength, especially at high temperatures and stress levels, where significant creep can occur during fatigue cycling. Depending on the magnitudes of the alternating and mean stresses, failure may be creep or fatigue controlled. Strain accumulation is also affected by these stress levels and possibly, also, by the cyclic work-hardening characteristics of the material. It is shown that the Goodman Law for estimating mean stress effects is inadequate, since it does not account for time-dependent deformation. An alternative expression not having such a limitation was, therefore, derived and this relates the alternating and mean stresses to the time to failure. Based on limited metallographic observations of fatigue striations in the 2/sup 1///sub 4/Cr-1Mo steel an estimate was made of the crack propagation rate. It was found that a crack of critical size could, under certain conditions, propagate through most of the specimen diameter in a matter of seconds. This presents a more significant safety problem than the case for a crack extending under low-cycle conditions since preventative measures probably could not be implemented before the crack had grown to a large size.

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E 1.99:bnl-nureg-50654
bnl-nureg-50654

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Materials Science

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Published through SciTech Connect.
05/01/1977.
"bnl-nureg-50654"
Soo, P.; Chow, J.G.Y.

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EY-76-C-02-0016

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