Continuity of Environmentally Assisted Fatigue and Stress Corrosion Cracking Based on Short Crack Growth Behavior of 316 Stainless Steel in Simulated PWR Primary Water
Abstract:Environmental correction factor (Fen) is one of the parameters to evaluate the effect of a pressurized high temperature water environment. It has been reported that Fen for stainless steel saturates at a very low strain rate. However, the relationship between environmentally assisted fatigue (EAF) and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is still unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the short crack growth behavior and possible continuity of EAF and SCC at very low strain rates. Short crack initiation an… Show more
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