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Title: Role of prior austenite grain boundaries in short fatigue crack growth in hydrogen charged RPV steel
Authors: Singh, R.
Singh, A.
Singh, P. K.
Mahajan, D. K.
Keywords: Hydrogen embrittlement
Short fatigue crack
Cyclic loading
SA 508 Grade 3 Class I low alloy steel
Prior austenite grain boundaries
Issue Date: 25-Aug-2021
Abstract: Short crack propagation under cyclic loading is compared experimentally in hydrogen charged and un-charged SA508 Gr. 3 Cl. I low alloy steel (LAS). This LAS is used in manufacturing of pressure vessels installed in nuclear power plants and is susceptible to hydrogen embrittlement (HE) during operation. Single edge notch tension (SENT) specimens with an initial notch of 85 μm–90 μm are used for this short fatigue crack propagation study. The short crack growth from the notch of SENT specimen subjected to cyclic loading is measured using moving digital microscope fitted on the servo-hydraulic fatigue testing machine. The short fatigue crack growth rate in hydrogen charged SA508 Gr. 3 Cl. I LAS is found to be one order higher as compared to the un-charged subject reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steel. Both trans-granular and inter-granular crack propagation is observed in uncharged and hydrogen charged specimens. In un-charged specimens, inter-granular crack propagation along the prior austenite grain boundaries (PAGBs) occurred only when the short fatigue crack encounters the martensite/ austenite (M/A) island present along the PAGB. Whereas, in hydrogen charged specimens, inter-granular crack propagation occurred along the PAGBs of large size prior austenite grains and trans-granular crack propagation through the small size prior austenite grains. Strong resistance to short fatigue crack propagation is provided by PAGBs in un-charged specimens whereas, these PAGBs offered negligible resistance to short fatigue crack growth in hydrogen charged subject RPV steel. A new perspective of studying HE in materials by conducting short fatigue crack growth experiments is demonstrated.
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