Fatigue Crack Initiation on Low-Carbon Steel Pipes in a Near-Neutral-pH Environment under Potential Control Conditions
Fatigue Crack Initiation on Low-Carbon Steel Pipes in a Near-Neutral-pH Environment under Potential Control Conditions
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DOI:
10.5006/1.3280786
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发表时间:
2002-11
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影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
M. Puiggali;S. Rousserie;M. Touzet
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作者:
M. Puiggali;S. Rousserie;M. Touzet
Abstract External transgranular cracking was observed on underground pipelines. The phenomenon took place under disbonded coating zones and was induced by the presence of diluted bicarbonate aqueous solution containing dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). The observed environmental-assisted cracking is very often interpreted as a result of the inefficiency of the cathodic protection. However, some recent local electrochemical potential measurements on buried pipeline surfaces displayed important fluctuations with occasional overprotection conditions. The main objective of this work was to investigate the steel surface behavior under open-circuit potential conditions and over a wide range of cathodic potentials to identify the optimum electrochemical conditions to initiate cracking. Low-frequency cyclic loading tests were performed under various electrochemical conditions: underprotection, overprotection, and alternating stages of under- and overprotection. In low-pH simulated groundwater, the X-52 pipeline ste...