TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of constant load, SSRT and CSRT methods for hydrogen embrittlement evaluation using round bar specimens of high strength steels
AU - Chida, Tetsushi
AU - Hagihara, Yukito
AU - Akiyama, Eiji
AU - Iwanaga, Kengo
AU - Takagi, Shusaku
AU - Hayakawa, Masao
AU - Ohishi, Hiroyuki
AU - Hirakami, Daisuke
AU - Tarui, Toshimi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Resistance to hydrogen embrittlement of low alloy steels was evaluated based on their critical hydrogen content and critical stress. Constant load test (CLT), Slow Strain Rate Test (SSRT) and Conventional Strain Rate Test (CSRT) were carried out using JIS-SCM435 and V-added steels in six laboratories. It was confirmed that the same test results were obtained in different laboratories under the same test conditions. Furthermore, the relationships between diffusible hydrogen content and nominal fracture stress obtained by means of CLT and SSRT were similar to each other. In CSRT, the nominal fracture stress was higher than that in CLT and SSRT under the same absorbed hydrogen content in the specimens. In SSRT and CSRT, fracture surfaces showed Quasi-cleavage mode under small hydrogen content, while they showed Inter-granular fracture under large hydrogen content. In order to compare the three methods considering the concentration of hydrogen in stress field, locally accumulated hydrogen content under the same fracture stress is calculated. The locally accumulated hydrogen under the same applied stress, in other words, critical hydrogen content to hydrogen embrittlement, is the following order; SSRT < CLT < CSRT in JIS-SCM435, and CSRT < CLT ≓ SSRT in V-added steels.
AB - Resistance to hydrogen embrittlement of low alloy steels was evaluated based on their critical hydrogen content and critical stress. Constant load test (CLT), Slow Strain Rate Test (SSRT) and Conventional Strain Rate Test (CSRT) were carried out using JIS-SCM435 and V-added steels in six laboratories. It was confirmed that the same test results were obtained in different laboratories under the same test conditions. Furthermore, the relationships between diffusible hydrogen content and nominal fracture stress obtained by means of CLT and SSRT were similar to each other. In CSRT, the nominal fracture stress was higher than that in CLT and SSRT under the same absorbed hydrogen content in the specimens. In SSRT and CSRT, fracture surfaces showed Quasi-cleavage mode under small hydrogen content, while they showed Inter-granular fracture under large hydrogen content. In order to compare the three methods considering the concentration of hydrogen in stress field, locally accumulated hydrogen content under the same fracture stress is calculated. The locally accumulated hydrogen under the same applied stress, in other words, critical hydrogen content to hydrogen embrittlement, is the following order; SSRT < CLT < CSRT in JIS-SCM435, and CSRT < CLT ≓ SSRT in V-added steels.
KW - CSRT
KW - Constant load test
KW - Delayed fracture
KW - High strength steel
KW - Hydrogen
KW - Hydrogen embrittlement
KW - SSRT
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U2 - 10.2355/isijinternational.ISIJINT-2015-565
DO - 10.2355/isijinternational.ISIJINT-2015-565
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84982279630
VL - 56
SP - 1268
EP - 1275
JO - Transactions of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
JF - Transactions of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
SN - 0915-1559
IS - 7
ER -