Influence of hydrogen from cathodic protection on the fracture susceptibility of 25%Cr duplex stainless steel - Constant load SENT testing and FE-modelling using hydrogen influenced cohesive zone elements

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 827-844

  Olden, Vigdis ^a,b   Thaulow, Christian ^a   Johnsen, Roy ^a   Østby, Erling ^b   Berstad, Torodd ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohesive zone modelling; Crack growth threshold; Environmental cracking; Stainless steels; Structural assessment

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE ZONE ELEMENTS; COHESIVE ZONE MODELLING; COHESIVE ZONES; CONSTANT LOADS; CRACK GROWTH RATES; CRACK GROWTH THRESHOLD; CRITICAL SEPARATIONS; CRITICAL STRESS; DUPLEX STAINLESS STEELS; ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING; FE-MODELLING; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONES; FRACTURE SUSCEPTIBILITIES; HYDROGEN DIFFUSIONS; INDUCED STRESS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOWER BOUNDS; NET SECTIONS; STRESS AND STRAINS; STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT; THRESHOLD STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TRACTION-SEPARATION LAWS;

CATHODIC PROTECTION; CHROMIUM; CONTROL THEORY; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; HYDROGEN; LOAD TESTING; STEEL METALLURGY; STEEL TESTING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 64049112387     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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