Crack growth rates of Alloy 182 in high-temperature water
- Toshiba Corp., Yokohama (Japan)
The crack growth tests on Alloy 182 under constant load conditions were carried out in 288 C pure water in order to evaluate the effects of stress intensity factor (K) and dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration on crack growth rate. 1T-CT specimens were machined from 70mm heavy thickness weld joint made of wrought Alloy 600 and Alloy 182 weld metal. A fatigue pre-crack was introduced into each specimen, so that environmentally assisted cracks would propagate parallel to the weld dendrite direction. The weld metal chemistries had a sulfur content of 0.006% and a phosphorus content of 0.012%. During their crack growth testing with an applied constant load, the reversing d.c. potential drop technique was conducted to monitor crack length. The crack growth rate was increased with increasing K from 25 to 41 MPa{radical}m under 250 ppb DO water. The threshold of K for crack growth was considered to be within 15--20 MPa{radical}m. The crack growth rates at 35 MPa{radical}m were retarded by changing the DO concentration from 250 ppb to 20 ppb.
- OSTI ID:
- 203832
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950816--; ISBN 1-877914-95-9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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