Effect of Hydrogen Gas on the Growth of Small Fatigue Crack in JIS-SCM435

Abstract:

The fatigue crack growth (FCG) from a small hole in a low alloy steel JIS-SCM435 round bar was investigated using tension-compression fatigue tests in 0.7 MPa hydrogen gas and ambient air. In the higher FCG rate regime (e.g. da/dN > 10⁸ m/cycle), FCG was accelerated in hydrogen gas compared to in air. On the other hand, in the lower FCG rate regime (e.g. da/dN < 10⁸ m/cycle), FCG in hydrogen was rather slower than that in air. There was no noticeable difference in fatigue limits between these two atmospheres. The FCG in the respective atmospheres showed a typical small crack behavior, i.e. the da/dN for small cracks were much greater than those for large cracks obtained by compact tension (CT) specimen when they were compared at the same ΔK level. In order to unify such a discrepancy of FCG behavior between small crack and large crack, the strain intensity factor range ΔK_ε was adopted. As a result, the da/dN data for various crack sizes was gathered in a narrow band, i.e. the small crack effect was successfully evaluated with the strain intensity. Moreover, the crack growth life was predicted based on the da/dN-ΔK_ε relation. The reproduced S-N curve showed a conservative agreement with the fatigue life obtained by experiments.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 891-892)
• Pages: 942-947
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.891-892.942
• Online since: March 2014
• Authors: Hisatake Itoga*, Hisao Matsunaga, Saburo Matsuoka
• Keywords: Hydrogen Embrittlement, Hydrogen Gas, JIS-SCM435 Steel, Small Fatigue Crack, Strain Intensity Factor

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