Experimental and Numerical Evaluation on Deformation and Fracture Mechanism of Cast Duplex Stainless Steel Tubular Specimen

Abstract

The deformation behavior and fracture mechanism of cast duplex stainless steel tubular specimens under different tensile stages were investigated through experimental and numerical evaluation. The results showed that the axial stress was redistributed due to the necking of the tubular specimen, the axial stress near the internal wall was larger than those near the external wall, and its maximum axial stress was distributed between the internal wall and the center of the wall thickness. Microcracks and voids were initiated under the maximum shear stress along the δ/γ phase interface and propagated to the ferrite interior. The voids were connected and merged into the main crack through the propagation of the microcracks. Moreover, the main crack first propagated to the internal wall and then rapidly propagated to the external wall. The fracture morphology can be divided into three types: shear lip zones that can be found on both the internal and external walls, and shear lip zones that can be found on either only the internal wall or the external wall.

Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Behavior of Thermally Aged Cast Duplex Stainless Steel

“…Austenite and ferrite have different slip direction and deformation on both sides of the phase boundary. Most of the slip lines are blocked by the phase boundary, and gather at the phase boundary and change direction [ 28 ]. Microcracks initiate at the δ/γ phase interface and propagate to the ferrite phase.…”