Creep-fatigue crack growth in notched SS-304 plates at 600°C

  • N. Merah*
  • , T. Bui-Quoc
  • , M. Bernard
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper deals with crack propagation from circular holes in SS 304 plates under fatigue and fatigue with hold-time at 600°C. In pure fatigue loading, short crack propagation in terms of ΔK is strongly affected by crack closure; this effect is non-existent when the J-integral, ΔJ(f), is used. Neither fatigue nor creep parameters (ΔJ(f), ΔJ(c) and J(*)) alone gave adequate representation of crack growth for the three frequencies, 1, 1.6 x 10-2 and 3.3 x 10-3 Hz. However, the sum of ΔJ(f) and ΔJ(c) resulted in a good correlation of crack growth for all frequencies. Fractographic analyses are used to explain the different conclusions concerning the choice of fracture mechanics parameters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39-55
Number of pages17
JournalEngineering Fracture Mechanics
Volume63
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1999

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was sponsored by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada (Grant OGP0038203) and by the ‘Fonds pour la Formation des Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche’, Quebec (Grant ER0276). The first author acknowledges the support of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.

Keywords

  • Crack growth
  • Creep-fatigue
  • Fatigue
  • Notch effect
  • Stainless steel

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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