Description of Small Fatigue Crack Propagation in ODS Steel

Abstract:

The oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steels are widely studied as possible candidate material for fission and fusion technology. Due to application of the ODS materials, mainly low cycle fatigue is important. Therefore, small crack initiation and propagation for rather high stress amplitude are in focus. The main aim of the presented work is description of the small fatigue crack propagation for ODS-EUROFER steel. Due to limited quantity of ODS steel special miniaturized cylindrical specimens for fatigue testing were designed. Crack propagation law based on plastic part of J-integral is presented and applied for mentioned material. The resulting fatigue crack propagation rates for ODS-EUROFER steel and EUROFER 97 are compared and discussed.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 891-892)
• Pages: 911-916
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.891-892.911
• Online since: March 2014
• Authors: Pavel Hutař, Ivo Kuběna, Miroslav Šmíd, Martin Ševčík, Tomáš Kruml, Luboš Náhlík
• Keywords: Ĵ-Integral, Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Steel, Short Fatigue Crack Propagation

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