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Nagashima, Nobuo*; Hayakawa, Masao*; Tsukada, Takashi; Kaji, Yoshiyuki; Miwa, Yukio*; Ando, Masami*; Nakata, Kiyotomo*
Atsuryoku Gijutsu, 47(4), p.236 - 244, 2009/07
In this study, micro-hardness tests and AFM observations were performed on SUS316L low-carbon austenitic stainless steel pre-strained by cold rolling to investigate its deformation behavior. The following results were obtained. Despite the fact that the same plastic strain was applied, post-tensile test AFM showed narrower slip-band spacing in a reduction in area of 30% cold-rolled specimen than the unrolled specimen. Concentrated slip bands were observed near grain boundaries. Micro-hardness exceeding 300 was found to occur frequently in after tensile test specimens with a reduction in area of 30% or more, particularly at grain boundaries. It is suggested that the nonuniformity of deformation at grain boundaries plays an important role of IGSCC crack propagation mechanism of low-carbon austenitic stainless steel.
Ando, Masami*; Nakata, Kiyotomo*; Ito, Mikiro*; Tanaka, Norihiko*; Koshiishi, Masato*; Obata, Ryoji*; Miwa, Yukio; Kaji, Yoshiyuki; Hayakawa, Masao*
Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems (CD-ROM), 16 Pages, 2007/00
Long term SCC growth tests for nuclear grade stainless steel (SUS316(NG)) were conducted in a simulated BWR environment using specimens taken from mock-up PLR piping weld joints to obtain the crack growth rate (CGR) of the hardened heat affected zone due to weld shrinkage around weld, in order to develop the CGR curve which will be used for flaw evaluation. The piping joints were made of forged and extracted materials with several welding techniques. The obtained CGRs were higher than that of solution heat treated material. The CGRs for hardened SUS316(NG) have a correlation with hardness regardless of materials and welding techniques. The CGRs increased with hardness in the range from 210 to 250 Hv. The CGR acceleration mechanism in hardened HAZ of low carbon stainless steel was estimated based on the strain distribution and the AFM image around a SCC crack tip. It was suggested that the interaction of the plastic strain gradient at a crack tip and local strain along GBs.
Kaji, Yoshiyuki; Miwa, Yukio; Tsukada, Takashi; Nagashima, Nobuo*; Hayakawa, Masao*; Ando, Masami*; Nakata, Kiyotomo*; Koshiishi, Masato*
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In recent years, incidents of the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) were frequently reported that occurred in the weld part of core shroud and primary loop recirculation (PLR) piping of low carbon stainless steels, and the cause investigation and measure become the present important issue. In this study, to investigate the effect of plastic deformation behavior at the crack, analyses of plastic deformation behavior at the SCC crack tip were performed by electron back-scattering diffraction pattern (EBSP) method. SCC crack propagated along the grain boundary in the 45 degree direction of a fatigue crack, especially random grain boundary. The plastic deformation showed 10 to 20% in the one grain region of the crack. The plastic deformation behavior was different in both of a SCC crack and large plastic deformation was observed on one side of grain. From these results, it was considered that SCC crack propagation behavior was controlled by plastic deformation of very near crack tip.
