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Method of testing thermal aging of materials under stress

Journal Article · · Ind. Lab. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6911339

In this paper an investigation was undertaken of the combined influence of elevated temperatures and stresses on the tendency of Cr-Ni-Mo-V steel, used for the fabrication of nuclear reactor housings, to brittle fracture. A method of testing materials under thermal aging and stress is proposed and an installation is produced that permits giving and maintaining a stress level to 600 MPa and a temperature to 500/sup 0/C with high accuracy in a blank with an aging duration up to 5000 h. A dependence of the shift in the critical brittleness temperature of Cr-Ni-Mo-V steel on the time of thermal aging under stress is obtained by using the installation mentioned. It is shown that the 300 MPa stresses applied accelerate the thermal aging process 2-3 times; however, the magnitude of the shift in the critical brittleness temperature and the nature of its change with aging time upon the superposition of static stresses (in the elastic domain) do not change in practice.

Research Organization:
NPO TsNIITMash, Moscow (USSR)
OSTI ID:
6911339
Journal Information:
Ind. Lab. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Ind. Lab. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 53:4; ISSN INDLA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English