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Title: Fatigue performance and cyclic softening of F82H, a ferritic martensic steel

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/270437· OSTI ID:270437
 [1];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)
  2. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA (United States)

The room temperature fatigue performance of F82H has been examined. The fatigue life was determined in a series of strain-controlled tests where the stress level was monitored as a function of the number of accrued cycles. Fatigue lives in the range of 10{sup 3} to 10{sup 6} cycles to failure were examined. The fatigue performance was found to be controlled primarily by the elastic strain range over most of the range of fatigue lives examined. Only at low fatigue lives did the plastic strain range contribute to the response. However, when the significant plastic strain did contribute, the material showed a tendency to cyclically soften. That is the load carrying capability of the material degrades with accumulated fatigue cycles. The overall fatigue performance of the F82H alloy was found to be similiar to other advanced martensitic steels, but lower than more common low alloy steels which possess lower yield strengths.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
OSTI ID:
270437
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER-0313/19; ORNL/M-5023; ON: DE96010874; TRN: 96:016884
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Fusion materials semiannual progress report for the period ending December 31, 1995; PB: 336 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English