Novel images of the evolution of stress corrosion cracks from corrosion pits
Novel images of the evolution of stress corrosion cracks from corrosion pits
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DOI:
10.1016/j.corsci.2011.05.050
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发表时间:
2011-11-01
影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Turnbull, A.
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作者:
Horner, D. A.;Connolly, B. J.;Turnbull, A.
SCC in turbine disc steels exposed to simulated steam-condensate tends to nucleate preferentially from corrosion pit precursors. The evolution of these cracks is not straightforward and not well understood. In this work, unique three-dimensional X-ray microtomographic images have confirmed that cracks develop predominantly at the shoulder of the pit, near the pit/surface interface, for specimens stressed to 50-90% sigma(0.2). In support of this observation, FEA of model pits indicate that strain is a maximum on the pit wall just below the pit mouth. Implications of these observations for the pit-to-crack transition and predictive-modelling of crack nucleation and growth are discussed. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.