Two different constitutive models are employed to describe creep crack growth under small-scale creep conditions theoretically. The first model combines elastic/nonlinear viscous deformation fields (8 = (r/E + Aa ~) with a critical-strain criterion, e = e,, to be satisfied at a structural distance x
Crack propagation behavior under creep conditions
โ Scribed by P. K. Liaw; A. Saxena
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 772 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-2673
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โฆ Synopsis
The creep crack propagation behavior of a Cr-Mo-V rotor steel has been investigated at 538ยฐC using time-dependent fracture mechanics concepts. The creep crack propagation lives and the creep deflection rates of double-edge-notched (DEN) specimens were estimated using previous data from compact-type specimens. The predicted crack growth lives and deflection rates compared favorably with the experimental data. When plotted as a function of the C~ parameter, the experimentally determined creep crack propagation rates of DEN specimens were found to be in agreement with those of compact and center-crack-tension specimens. These results provide further experimental verification for the validity of the C~ parameter for characterizing creep crack growth behavior. Some discrepancies between the predicted and the observed behavior are attributed to primary creep deformation behavior which was not considered in estimating the value of Ct.
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