A Grain-Scale Model of Inter-Granular Stress Corrosion Cracking in Polycrystals

Abstract:

In this contribution, we propose a cohesive grain-boundary model for hydrogen-assisted inter-granular stress corrosion cracking at the grain-scale in 3D polycrystalline aggregates. The inter-granular strength is degraded by the presence of hydrogen and this is accounted for by employing traction-separation laws directly depending on hydrogen concentration, whose diffusion is represented at this stage through simplified phenomenological relationships. The main feature of the model is that all the relevant mechanical fields are represented in terms of grain-boundary variables only, which couples particularly well with the employment of traction-separation laws.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 754)
• Pages: 230-233
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.754.230
• Online since: September 2017
• Authors: Ivano Benedetti, Vincenzo Gulizzi, Alberto Milazzo
• Keywords: Boundary Element Method, Cohesive Zone Modeling, Micromechanics, Polycrystalline Materials, Stress Corrosion Cracking

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