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Role of prior austenite grain boundaries in short fatigue crack growth in hydrogen charged RPV steel

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dc.contributor.author Singh, R.
dc.contributor.author Singh, A.
dc.contributor.author Singh, P. K.
dc.contributor.author Mahajan, D. K.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-08-24T21:01:05Z
dc.date.available 2021-08-24T21:01:05Z
dc.date.issued 2021-08-25
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2478
dc.description.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. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.subject Hydrogen embrittlement en_US
dc.subject Short fatigue crack en_US
dc.subject Cyclic loading en_US
dc.subject SA 508 Grade 3 Class I low alloy steel en_US
dc.subject Prior austenite grain boundaries en_US
dc.title Role of prior austenite grain boundaries in short fatigue crack growth in hydrogen charged RPV steel en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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