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Fatigue and SCC Behavior of Sensitized SUS304 Stainless Steel in Pressurized Hot Water at 7.3MPa and 288°C

Journal Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 399 - 401)
Volume New Materials, Applications and Processes
Edited by Jianmin Zeng, Yun-Hae Kim and Yanfeng Chen
Pages 2276-2282
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.399-401.2276
Citation Anchalee Saengsai et al., 2011, Advanced Materials Research, 399-401, 2276
Online since November, 2011
Authors Anchalee Saengsai, Yuichi Otsuka, Yoshiharu Mutoh
Keywords Austenitic Stainless Steel, Fatigue, Fretting Contact, Pressurized Hot Water, Sensitization, Stress Corrosion Cracking
Abstract

Plain fatigue and fretting fatigue tests of sensitized SUS304 stainless steel under pressurized hot water at 7.3MPa and 288°C have been carried out. Fatigue strengths for both fatigue tests almost coincided. Fretting contact could nucleate small SCC cracks near the contact edge in the direction perpendicular to cyclic loading. High R–ratio reduced fatigue strength due to longer exposure time to corrosive environment at high mean stress. From the constant load SCC tests of the specimen with small SCC pre–crack induced by fretting contact, it was found that the threshold stress intensity factor for growth of small SCC precrack was 4.1MPa·m1/2, which was significantly lower than that for long crack (10MPa·m1/2).

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