TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Strain Induced α′ Martensite on Concentration of Hydrogen Around a Crack Tip in Austenitic Stainless Steels
T2 - 14th International Conference on Pressure Vessel Technology, 2015
AU - Wang, Y. F.
AU - Dou, D. Y.
AU - Gong, J. M.
AU - Shen, L. M.
AU - Li, X. F.
AU - Jiang, W. C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Compared to the stable austenitic stainless steels (ASSs), the metastable ASSs, e. g. 304L, in which α' martensite forms upon strain, can be severely embrittled by hydrogen. This is because the α′ martensite is inherently more sensitive to hydrogen embrittlement (HE) than γ austenite, and the diffusivity of hydrogen in it is much higher than in γ austenite. It has been frequently observed in metastable ASSs that the α′ martensite formed due to strain is the preferred crack path during HE. And it has been suggested that the α′ martensite can act as "hydrogen diffusion highways" in metastable ASSs, leading to an increased hydrogen concentration at a critical site (such as that ahead of a crack tip) exceeding a certain critical value for crack initiation or growth. However, although many authors have realized this enhance effect of strain-induced α' martensite on diffusion of hydrogen, no document shows that how the hydrogen concentration around a crack tip in metastable ASSs is affected by the strain-induced α' martensite. In this study we used finite element method to analyze the time evolution of hydrogen concentration around a crack tip in 304L ASS considering the combined effect of strain-induced α' martensite and hydrostatic stress on hydrogen diffusion. The results are conducive to further understand the HE phenomenon and mechanism of metastable ASSs, and helpful to establish the method relating the crack initiation and growth acceleration to the time evolution of hydrogen concentration ahead of the crack tip.
AB - Compared to the stable austenitic stainless steels (ASSs), the metastable ASSs, e. g. 304L, in which α' martensite forms upon strain, can be severely embrittled by hydrogen. This is because the α′ martensite is inherently more sensitive to hydrogen embrittlement (HE) than γ austenite, and the diffusivity of hydrogen in it is much higher than in γ austenite. It has been frequently observed in metastable ASSs that the α′ martensite formed due to strain is the preferred crack path during HE. And it has been suggested that the α′ martensite can act as "hydrogen diffusion highways" in metastable ASSs, leading to an increased hydrogen concentration at a critical site (such as that ahead of a crack tip) exceeding a certain critical value for crack initiation or growth. However, although many authors have realized this enhance effect of strain-induced α' martensite on diffusion of hydrogen, no document shows that how the hydrogen concentration around a crack tip in metastable ASSs is affected by the strain-induced α' martensite. In this study we used finite element method to analyze the time evolution of hydrogen concentration around a crack tip in 304L ASS considering the combined effect of strain-induced α' martensite and hydrostatic stress on hydrogen diffusion. The results are conducive to further understand the HE phenomenon and mechanism of metastable ASSs, and helpful to establish the method relating the crack initiation and growth acceleration to the time evolution of hydrogen concentration ahead of the crack tip.
KW - Hydrogen diffusion
KW - Hydrogen embrittlement
KW - Stainless steel
KW - α′ martensite
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U2 - 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.12.190
DO - 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.12.190
M3 - 会议文章
AN - SCOPUS:84964018986
SN - 1877-7058
VL - 130
SP - 746
EP - 753
JO - Procedia Engineering
JF - Procedia Engineering
Y2 - 23 September 2015 through 26 September 2015
ER -