Stress corrosion cracking under low stress: Continuous or discontinuous cracks?

Autor: L.J. Qiao, Alex A. Volinsky, Yu Yan, Longkui K. Zhu, Jinxu X. Li
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Corrosion Science. 80:350-358
ISSN: 0010-938X
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2013.11.057
Popis: Two-dimensional and three-dimensional crack morphologies of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) were studied by serial-sectioning and synchrotron-based X-ray computed tomography. Discontinuous surface cracks were actually continuous inside the specimen, which matched typical river-like fractographs and finite element simulations. A low stress SCC model was created, where a main crack continuously grew along the main propagation direction (MPD) due to anodic dissolution; then, discontinuous secondary microcracks emanated from MPD, angularly extending to the two sides of MPD. Finally, some of the secondary microcracks reached the sample surface, resulting in the formation of discontinuous surface cracks.
Databáze: OpenAIRE