Cyclic behavior and fatigue of stainless surge line material

Jussi Solin, Gerhard Nagel, Wolfgang Mayinger

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    Abstract

    Fatigue of Niobium stabilized austenitic stainless steel (X6CrNiNb1810mod) was studied using specimens extracted from a solution annealed and quenched φ360×32 mm pipe, which fulfils all the German KTA material requirements for primary components in BWR and PWR. An experimental strain life fatigue curve was determined as a base line for component specific evaluations and for comparison with the Langer and Chopra curves, which are the basis of the ASME III and NRC RG 1.207 design criteria. Stress strain responses in strain controlled tests were carefully measured to clarify the fatigue mechanisms. In the LCF regime our data lie within a common scatter band between the Langer and Chopra curves. When approaching HCF regime (> 100 000 cycles), the curves deviate and Chopra curve becomes highly conservative for this material. Strain controlled fatigue tests ranging to 10 million cycles in RT air indicated an endurance limit behavior for this alloy.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationASME 2009 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference
    PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
    Pages611-619
    Volume3: Design and Analysis
    ISBN (Print)978-0-7918-4366-6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
    EventASME 2009 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2009 - Prague, Czech Republic
    Duration: 26 Jul 200930 Jul 2009

    Publication series

    SeriesAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers. Pressure Vessels and Piping Division. Publication PVP
    Volume2009
    ISSN0277-027X

    Conference

    ConferenceASME 2009 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2009
    Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
    CityPrague
    Period26/07/0930/07/09

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