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Title: Cyclic stress-strain behavior of ERNiCr-3 weld filler metal

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OSTI ID:6428075

Analytical representations were developed for the fatigue life and cyclic stress-strain resonse of AWS A5.14 Class ERNiCr-3 as observed during strain controlled cycling at a strain rate of 4 x 10/sup -3//s over strain ranges from 0.35 to 3.0% at 25, 343, 538, and 593/sup 0/C. Specific areas studied include fatigue life as a function of strain, cyclic hardening and softening during testing, development of cyclic stress-strain curves from stress-strain amplitude coordinates, and development of bilinear representations of cyclic stress-strain behavior as suggested by current advanced design techniques. At elevated temperatures, the fatigue life of ERNiCr-3 is reduced and the material cyclically hardens. At room temperature, some hardening due to cycling is displayed initially, followed by softening early in the test. The bilinear constants, E/sub m/ and C, are independent of temperature and strain rate, however, K/sub i/ is not. The power law, ..delta..sigma = A(..delta..epsilon/sub p/)/sup n/, adequately describes the cyclic stress-strain behavior at low strains. By bilinearization, the power law can be extended to predict K/sub i/.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
OSTI ID:
6428075
Report Number(s):
CONF-781202-31; TRN: 79-005323
Resource Relation:
Conference: ASME meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 10 Dec 1978
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English