Modeling of small fatigue cracks in low SFE microstructures

McDowell, David L.; Padbidri, Jagan

Title:

Modeling of small fatigue cracks in low SFE microstructures

dc.contributor.author	McDowell, David L.
dc.contributor.author	Padbidri, Jagan
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. Office of Sponsored Programs	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Mechanical Engineering	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2019-05-02T19:27:27Z
dc.date.available	2019-05-02T19:27:27Z
dc.date.issued	2011-04
dc.description	Issued as final report	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Nuclear reactor pressure vessels are manufactured from high strength steels like A302B. The inner surface of the pressure vessel is exposed to extremely corrosive environments at high temperatures. The pressure vessels are therefore clad with corrosion resistant materials such as austenitic stainless steel. However, the manufacturing process results in defects in the clad material and the clad/base material interface. These defects are subject to fatigue loading due to the pressurization/shutdown cycles of the pressure vessel during service resulting in fatigue crack formation and growth from the defects. Here, we focus on the formation and growth of a fatigue crack from a surface defect in the cladding material to the base metal that could lead to exposure of the base metal to the corrosive environment in the pressure vessel and subsequent failure. To quantify the crack propagation rate from these defects under cyclic loading conditions, a Short crack growth (ShCGr) model has been developed by Dr. Clint Geller of the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory (BAPL). The ShCGr model employs the concept of an accumulating debris field associated with the irreversibility attributed to dislocations encountering obstacles to their motion over a number of loading cycles; this contributes to stress intensification at the crack tip.The model uses an irreversibility factor to account for the damage accumulation. The number of cycles required for crack extension is found from energy balance between the free energy change associated with creating a crack and the energy released by a dislocation pile-up when a crack is created. The model is able to correlate crack initiation lives in smooth specimens through certain assumptions.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	QuesTek Innovations	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61018
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	School of Mechanical Engineering ; Project no. 114831	en_US
dc.subject	Pressure vessel	en_US
dc.subject	Fatigue crack formation	en_US
dc.subject	Fatigue crack growth	en_US
dc.subject	Crack propagation	en_US
dc.title	Modeling of small fatigue cracks in low SFE microstructures	en_US
dc.type	Text
dc.type.genre	Technical Report
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local.contributor.author	McDowell, David L.
local.contributor.corporatename	George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
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