Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1990, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (3): 204-207.

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EFFECIS OF TEMPERATURE AND OVERLOAD RETARDATION ON CORROSION FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH OF HIGH STRENGTH STEEL

QIAN Yourong HE Xiangdong Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Beijing,China QIAN Yourong,Dept.of Materials Science and Engineering,Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Beijing 100083,China   

  • Received:1990-06-25 Revised:1990-06-25 Online:1990-06-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The fatigue crack growth rate (CGR) of ultra high strength steel 30CrMnSiNi2A in distilled water at 18,35 and 55℃ were measured.It was confirmed that the temperature is strongly af- fected on the corrosion fatigue CGR of ultra high strength steel.An expression concerning the effects of Δ K and temperature on the CGR was proposed.The fact that the apparent activation energy (36.6 kJ/mol) resulted from regressive analysis of CGR data was similar to the activation energy of hydrogen diffusion in γ-Fe,strongly supporting the theory of hydrogen-assisted crack growth.The overload retardation effect was greatly reduced in cor- rosion fatigue crack growth,especially at lower frequency,e.g.,0.1 Hz.This phenomenon might be due to the increase of the SCC component of CGR after an overload.

Key words: corrosion fatigue, crack growth rate, temperature effect, overload retardation effect