In situ observation of short fatigue crack propagation in oxygenated water at elevated temperature and pressure

J. A. Duff, T. J. Marrow*

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    Abstract

    A new method is demonstrated for in situ measurement of short crack propagation rates during a corrosion fatigue test of an austenitic stainless steel within a windowed autoclave at 250 °C, 50 atmospheres, oxygenated water. Digital image correlation is used to monitor crack growth through measurement of the opening displacements of defects; either focused ion beam (FIB) milled notches from which fatigue cracks initiated, or stress corrosion cracks that subsequently propagated by fatigue.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)34-43
    Number of pages10
    JournalCorrosion Science
    Volume68
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2013

    Keywords

    • A. Stainless steel
    • C. Corrosion fatigue
    • C. Reactor conditions

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