On the Nature of the Occluded Cell in the Stress Corrosion Cracking of AA 7075-T651—Effect of Potential, Composition, Morphology

CORROSION ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 319-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. H. Nguyen ◽  
B. F. Brown ◽  
R. T. Foley
Keyword(s):  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Stress Corrosion ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Ion Concentration ◽  
Beam Specimen ◽  
Aluminum Ion ◽  
Crack Wall ◽  
Aa 7075

Abstract The SCC of AA 7075-T651 has been investigated in various electrolytes at different applied potentials. The rate of crack growth in the precracked, double cantilever beam, specimen was measured and related to the aluminum ion concentration and pH within the crack as well as the morphology of the crack wall surface as viewed with a scanning electron microscope. The rate of crack growth, the composition of the solution within the crack, and the morphology of the crack wall are determined mainly by the anion in solution and this in terms of the aluminum-anion complexes formed during the reaction. In sodium chloride solution, the pH at the crack tip was acidic at the open circuit and in the anodic potential range while, in the cathodic range, it was basic. At anodic potentials, the aluminum ion concentration reached 0.4M within the crack. In Na2SO4 solution, crack propagation was very slow at the open circuit and at anodic potentials even though the pH at the crack tip was acidic. However, when the potential was shifted into a cathodic range, the crack began to propagate at an appreciable rate. In NaNO3 solutions, crack propagation rate increased in the cathodic range due to the formation of ammonia within the crack. Very slow crack growth was observed in the anodic range. The analysis of the solution within a simulated crevice indicated that the composition of the solution in a simulated crevice and an actual stress corrosion crack were quite similar.

Analytical Modeling of Dynamic Crack Propagation in DCB Specimens

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Reza Shahani ◽  
Mohammad Reza Amini Fasakhodi
Keyword(s):  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Shear Deformation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Dynamic Crack Propagation ◽  
Velocity Versus ◽  
Beam Specimen ◽  
Dynamic Crack ◽  
Static Case ◽  
Crack Propagation Velocity

An analytical solution via the beam theory considering shear deformation effects is developed to solve the static and dynamic fracture problem in a bounded medium such as DCB (Double Cantilever Beam) specimen. In the static case, the stress intensity factor (SIF) is derived at the crack tip through the compliance approach for fixed displacement conditions. In the dynamic case, the energy balance criterion is employed to obtain the equation of motion for a running crack and the problem is solved supposing quasi-static crack propagation. Finally, a closed form relation for the crack propagation velocity versus specimen parameters and crack growth resistance of the material is found. Therefore, the effects of various parameters are investigated on the crack growth velocity. It is shown that the reacceleration of crack growth appears when the crack tip approaches the end of specimen under fixed displacement loading. The predicted results are compared with those cited in the literature and a good agreement is observed. It is seen that shear deformation effects are more significant when the small values of a0/h is considered in the analysis.

Modeling the Interactions of Hydrogen, Stress and Dissolution in Near-Neutral pH Stress Corrosion Cracking of Pipelines

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Y. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Stress Corrosion ◽  
Dissolution Rate ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Anodic Dissolution ◽  
Hydrogen Concentration ◽  
Stress Corrosion Cracking ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Corrosion Cracking ◽  
Neutral Ph ◽  
Ph Stress

A thermodynamic model was developed to determine the interactions of hydrogen, stress and anodic dissolution at the crack-tip during near-neutral pH stress corrosion cracking in pipelines. By analyzing the free-energy of the steel in the presence and absence of hydrogen and stress, it is demonstrated that a synergism of hydrogen and stress promotes the cracking of the steel. The enhanced hydrogen concentration in the stressed steel significantly accelerates the crack growth. The quantitative prediction of the crack growth rate in near-neutral pH environment is based on the determination of the effect of hydrogen on the anodic dissolution rate in the absence of stress, the effect of stress on the anodic dissolution rate in the absence of hydrogen, the synergistic effect of hydrogen and stress on the anodic dissolution rate at the crack-tip and the effect of the variation of hydrogen concentration on the anodic dissolution rate.

Comparison of Two Ductile Crack Propagation Models of GTN and CZM for Pipe Steel Fracture

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junqiang Wang ◽  
Haitao Wang ◽  
Nan Lin ◽  
Honglian Ma ◽  
Jinlong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Pipe Steel ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Ductile Crack ◽  
Constraint Effect ◽  
Propagation Models ◽  
Propagation Behavior ◽  
Crack Propagation Behavior

The ductile crack propagation behavior of pressure equipment has always been the focus of structural integrity assessment. It is very important to find an effective three-dimensional (3D) damage model, which overcomes the geometric discontinuity and crack tip singularity caused by cracking. The cohesive force model (CZM), which is combined with the extended finite element method (XFEM), can solve element self-reconfiguration near the crack tip and track the crack direction. Based on the theory of void nucleation, growth and coalescence, the Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman (GTN) damage model is used to study the fracture behavior of metallic materials, and agrees well with the experimental results. Two 3D crack propagation models are used to compare crack propagation behavior of pipe steel from the crack tip shape, fracture critical value of CTOA and CTOD, constraint effect, calculation accuracy, efficiency and mesh dependence etc. The results show that the GTN model has excellent applicability in the analysis of crack tip CTOD/CTOA, constraint effect, tunneling crack and so on, and its accuracy is high. However, the mesh of crack growth region needs to be extremely refined, and the element size is required to be 0.1–0.3mm and the calculation amount is large. The CZM model combined with XFEM has the advantages of high computational efficiency and free crack growth path, and the advantages are obvious in simulating the shear crack, combination crack and fatigue crack propagation. But, the crack tip shape and thickness effect of ductile tearing specimen can not be simulated, and the CTOA value of local crack tip is not accurate.

Effects of Loading Spectra on High pH Crack Growth Behavior of X65 Pipeline Steel

CORROSION ◽  
10.5006/3472 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 601-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Niazi ◽  
Karina Chevil ◽  
Erwin Gamboa ◽  
Lyndon Lamborn ◽  
Weixing Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Pipeline Steel ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Growth Behavior ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Secondary Crack

The effects of mechanical factors on crack growth behavior during the second stage of high pH stress corrosion cracking in pipeline steel were investigated by applying several loading scenarios on compact tension (CT) specimens. The main mechanism for stage 2 of intergranular crack propagation is anodic dissolution ahead of the crack tip which is highly dependent on crack-tip strain rate. The maximum and minimum crack growth rates were 3 × 10−7 mm/s and 1 × 10−7 mm/s, respectively. It was observed that several factors such as mean stress intensity factor, amplitude, and frequency of loading cycles determine the crack-tip strain rate. Low R-ratio cycles, particularly high-frequency ones, enhance secondary crack initiation, and crack coalescence on the free surface. This mechanism accelerates crack advance on the free surface which is accompanied with an increase in mechanical driving force for crack propagation in the thickness direction. These findings have implications for pipeline operators and could be used to increase the lifespan of the cracked pipelines at stage 2. For those pipelines, any loading condition that increases the strain rate ahead of the crack tip enhances anodic dissolution and is detrimental. Additionally, secondary crack initiation and coalescence could be minimized by avoiding internal pressure fluctuation, particularly rapid large pressure fluctuations.

Growth of Surface-Type Stress Corrosion Cracks in Near-Neutral pH Environments Under Disbonded Coatings

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afolabi T. Egbewande ◽  
AbdoulMajid Eslami ◽  
Weixing Chen ◽  
Robert Worthingham ◽  
Richard Kania ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Stress Corrosion ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Preliminary Test ◽  
Surface Type ◽  
Operating Variables ◽  
Neutral Ph ◽  
Growth Crack

Near-neutral pH stress corrosion cracking (NNPHSCC), which occurs when ground water penetrates under the pipe coating, causes longitudinal cracks to develop on the surface of pipelines. Such cracks grow over time and can ultimately lead to pipeline failure. NNPHSCC is currently managed by in-line inspection or hydrostatic testing for oil and gas pipelines respectively. These procedures are enormously expensive and have to be repeated at predetermined intervals. Re-inspection intervals are currently determined by empirical models, which have been found rather imprecise. A major flaw in currently applied models is that they assume that once a NNPHSCC crack is formed, it grows at a constant rate that is independent of pipeline operating variables and both pre- and in-service history of the pipeline material. This is not necessarily true as pipeline history, the nature of the service environment and operating factors, among several other factors, have a strong influence on the rate of NNPHSCC crack propagation. Most existing models also treat NNPHSCC cracks as long through thickness cracks rather than surface type cracks typically observed in the field. This research proposes to provide an empirical model that more accurately predicts the growth rate of near-neutral pH SCC cracks in near-neutral pH environments by studying the growth rate of surface type flaws while also accounting for the influence of operating factors, environmental factors, coating disbondment and cathodic protection on the rate of crack propagation. This paper reports some preliminary test results obtained using a long specimen with three semi elliptical surface flaws located in three reduced sections to simulate field observed NNPHSCC cracks. Preliminary results suggest that: 1) crack grows much faster at the open mouth, which was attributed to hydrogen effects; 2) crack dormancy can occur under certain combined mechanical factors; 3) although the benign mechanical loading cannot lead to a direct crack growth (crack dormancy), it causes damage to the crack tip, which makes the crack more susceptible to crack growth upon a more aggressive condition is encountered.

Crack Tip Strain Distributions and Their Implications to Crack Growth Rate due to Stress Corrosion Cracking

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin-Jang Sung ◽  
Nikhil Kotasthane ◽  
Yugo Ashida ◽  
Jwo Pan
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Crack Growth Rate ◽  
Stress Corrosion ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Stress Corrosion Cracking ◽  
Radial Distance ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Computational Results ◽  
Plastic Materials

In this paper, stress and strain distributions near a crack tip in a round compact tension specimen of elastic-plastic materials are obtained by finite element analyses. The strain distributions are used to explore the use of the crack tip strain distributions for crack growth rate models due to stress corrosion cracking in unirradiated and irradiated steels with different yield stresses and hardening behaviors. Both power-law hardening and perfectly plastic materials are considered. The computational results indicate that the critical radial distance to the tip based on the crack tip opening displacement is outside of the Hutchinson-Rice-Rosengren (HRR) dominant zone for power-law hardening materials in a round compact tension specimen under the stress intensity factor typically considered for stress corrosion cracking. For both the power-law hardening and perfectly plastic materials, the computational results show that the strain distributions are different from those of the analytical solutions for the range of the radial distance larger than the critical radial distance based on the crack opening displacement within the plastic zones. The computational results suggest that for the stress intensity factor typically considered for stress corrosion crack growth rate models, computational results are needed to estimate the strain rate for developing crack growth rate models to correlate to the experimental data.

Stress Corrosion Cracking of Alpha Titanium Alloys at Room Temperature

CORROSION ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 151-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. T. POWELL ◽  
J. C. SCULLY
Keyword(s):  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Stress Corrosion ◽  
Cathodic Polarization ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Dissolution Mechanism ◽  
Cleavage Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation Process ◽  
Incremental Growth ◽  
Alpha Titanium ◽  
Insufficient Time

Abstract Transgranular stress corrosion cracks are formed in Ti-5Al-2.5Sn alloy immersed in a 3 percent NaCl aqueous solution when tensile specimens are dynamically strained over a narrow range of rates. Metallographic evidence suggests that the critical process during crack propagation is entry of hydrogen into the alloy at the crack tip immediately following creation of fresh metal surface. Fractographic examination reveals that cracks propagate by a discontinuous cleavage mechanism. As each incremental growth is arrested, the embrittlement process resumes. Ductile fracture is observed in specimens strained (a) at high tensile rates because there is insufficient time for embrittlement to occur, and (b) at low tensile strain rates because repassivation occurs more readily and hydrogen entry is substantially reduced. In methanolic solutions containing HCl, an identical cleavage crack propagation process is observed. In addition, a slow intergranular dissolution mechanism is found in alloys susceptible and nonsusceptible to cleavage-type failure. This is initiated in specimens that have regions of high residual stress, e.g., sheared edges and continues until the mechanical strength of the alloy is reduced to a very low value. During this process hydrogen is picked up by the metal. Clevage has been observed in specimens broken in air after exposure. Vacuum annealing substantially reduces but does not eliminate this slower form of attack by removing initiation sites. Anodic polarization at low current densities produces extremely severe intergranular attack. The significance of dislocation arrangements, mechanical properties, and electrochemical reactions at the crack tip are discussed in detail. In particular, it is suggested that cathodic polarization can prevent cracking by forming films which reduce the rate of hydrogen ingress. In 10N HCl solutions, cathodic polarization does not prevent cracking.

scholarly journals An Integral Formulation of Two-Parameter Fatigue Crack Growth Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jianguo Wu ◽  
Shan Jiang ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Zili Wang
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Closure ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Integral Form ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Crack Growth Model ◽  
Two Parameter

A two-parameter fatigue crack growth algorithm in integral form is proposed, which can describe the continuous crack growth process over the time period. In this model, the fatigue crack propagation behavior is governed by the temporal crack-tip state including the current applied load and the physical condition due to the previous load sequence. The plasticity-induced crack closure, left by the historical loading sequence, controls the following fatigue crack growth behavior and typically leads to the interaction effects. In the proposed method, a modified crack closure model deriving from the local plastic deformation is employed to account for this load memory effect. In general, this model can simulate the fatigue crack growth under variable amplitude loading. Additionally, this model is established on the physical state of crack tip in the small spatial and temporal scale, and it is used to evaluate the macroscopic crack propagation and fatigue life under irregular tension-tension loading. A special superimposed loading case is discussed to demonstrate the advantage of the proposed model, while the traditional two-parameter approach is not proper functional. Moreover, the typical various load spectra are also employed to validate the method. Good agreements are observed.

Crack Growth Sensitivity to the Magnitude and Frequency of Load Fluctuation in Stage 1b of High pH Stress Corrosion Cracking

CORROSION ◽  
10.5006/3711 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Niazi ◽  
Greg Nelson ◽  
Lyndon Lamborn ◽  
Reg Eadie ◽  
Weixing Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Plastic Zone ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Cyclic Plastic Zone ◽  
Secondary Cracks

Pipelines undergo sequential stages before failure caused by High pH Stress Corrosion Cracking (HpHSCC). These sequential stages are incubation stage, intergranular crack initiation (Stage 1a), crack evolution to provide the condition for mechanically driven crack growth (Stage 1b), sustainable mechanically driven crack propagation (Stage 2), and rapid crack propagation to failure (Stage 3). The crack propagation mechanisms in Stage 1b are composed of the nucleation and growth of secondary cracks on the free surface and crack coalescence of secondary cracks with one another and the primary crack. These mechanisms continue until the stress intensity factor (<i>K</i>) at the crack tip reaches a critical value, known as <i>K</i><sub>ISCC</sub>. This investigation took a novel approach to study Stage 1b in using pre-cracked Compact Tension (CT) specimens. Using pre-cracked specimens and maintaining <i>K</i> at less than <i>K</i><sub>ISCC</sub> provided an opportunity to study crack initiation on the surface of the specimen under plane stress conditions in the presence of a pre-existing crack. In the present work, the effects of cyclic loading characteristics on crack growth behavior during Stage 1b were studied. It was observed that the pre-existing cracks during Stage 1b led to the initiation of secondary cracks. The initiation of the secondary cracks at the crack tip depended on loading characteristics, <i>i.e</i>., the amplitude and frequency of load fluctuations. The secondary cracks at the crack tip can be classified into four categories based on their positions with respect to the primary crack. A high density of intergranular cracks formed in the cyclic plastic zone generated by low R-ratio cycles. The higher the frequency of the low <i>R</i>-ratio cycles, the higher the density of the intergranular cracks forming in the cyclic plastic zone. The crack growth rate increased with an increase in either the amplitude or the frequency of the load fluctuations. The minimum and maximum crack growth rates were 8×10<sup>-9</sup> mm/s and 4.2×10<sup>-7</sup> mm/s, respectively, with <i>R</i>-ratio varying between 0.2 and 0.9, frequency varying between 10<sup>-4</sup> Hz and 5×10<sup>-2</sup> Hz, and at a fixed stress intensity factor of 15 MPa.m<sup>0.5</sup>. It was found that avoiding rapid and large load fluctuations slowed down crack geometry evolution and delayed onset of Stage 2. The implication of these results for pipeline operators is that reducing internal pressure fluctuations by reducing the frequency and/or amplitude of the fluctuations can expand Stage 1 and increase the reliable lifetime of operating pipelines.

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