Crack initiation in low alloy steel in high temperature water

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1298, Issue , 1997, Pages 135-149

  Solomon, Harvey D ^a   DeLair, Ron E ^a   Unruh, Andy D ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GE ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASME section III code; ASME section XI code; Crack growth; Crack initiation; Fatigue; High temperature water; Low Alloy Steel; Pitting; Stress intensity

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PITTING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SULFURIC ACID; TENSILE TESTING; WATER;

LOW ALLOY STEELS; STEEL WB36;

STEEL;

EID: 0031119429     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp19958s     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Solomon, H. D., DeLair, R. E., Ford F. P. and Unruh, A. D."Environmentally-Assisted Crack Initiation in Low Alloy Steels, GE-CRD Report #96CRD031, 1996.
2. Peterson, R. E., Stress Concentration Factors, Wiley, New York, 1974.
3. Raju, I. S., and Newman J. C., Jr., Engineering Fracture Mechanics, V11, 1979 pp. 817-829.
4. Raju, I. S., and Newman J. C., Jr., ASTM STP 677, 1970, pp. 411-430.
5. Newman J. C., Jr., and Raju, I. S., in "Computational Methods in Fracture Mechanics". Ed S.N.Atluri, Elsiever Science Publishers B V, 1986.
6. ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel, Section XI, Appendix A.
7. Kondo, Y., Corrosion, V45, 1989, pp. 7-11.
8. Eason, E. D., Nelson, E. E., and Gilman, J. D., "Modeling of Fatigue Crack Growth Rate for Ferritic Steels in Light Water Reactor Environments" Welding Research Council Bulletin #404, August 1995, pp. 22-37.
9. Eason, E. D., Nelson, E. E., and Gilman, J. D., "Technical Basis for Revised Fatigue Crack Growth Rate Reference Curves for Ferritic Steels in Light Water Reactor Environments", Welding Research Council Bulletin #404. August 1995, pp. 38-51.
10. Scott, P. M., and Tice, D. R., Nuclear Engineering and Design, V119, 1990, pp. 399-413.
11. Higuchi, M., and Iida, K., Nuclear Engineering and Design. V129, 1991, pp. 293-306.
12. Shack, W., Presentation to the PVRC Meeting, Chicago, August 1992.
13. Shack, W., et.al., "Environmentally Assisted Cracking in LWR", NUREG/CR 4667, V14, Semi Annual Report October 1991-March 1992.
14. Solomon. H. D., Unruh, A. D., DeLair, R. E., Ford, F. P., and Weinstein, D, "Environmentally-Assisted Fatigue Crack Initiation in Low Alloy Steels, Interim Technical Report", April 1994.
15. Andresen, P. L., and Ford, F. P., Private communication, 1992.
16. Suresh, S. "Fatigue of Materials", Cambridge University Press, 1991.
17. Suresh, S. and Ritchi, R. O., International Metals Reviews, V29, 1984, pp. 445-476.
18. Cooper, W. E. "Basis and Intent of Section III Design Curves", PVRC Workshop on Cyclic Life and Environmental Effects in Nuclear Applications, Welding Research Council, Clearwater Beach, FL, January 20-21, 1992
19. Bannantine, J. A., Comer, J. J., and Handrock, J. L., "Fundamentals of Metal Fatigue Analysis", Prentice Hall, 1990.